Richness of the Somali language: loan word replacements and synonymous

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As you all are aware of we have so many non somali words in our language. For many of them their is a replacement where you can put the somali word instead.

Examples:

1)Saacad - Goorsheeg (watch)
2)Jawaab - War celin (Answer)
3)Xayawaan - Noolo (Animal/ being)
4)Fahamka - garasho (understanding)
5)Qaanun/Sharci - Xeer (law)
6)Qabiil - Beel (tribe)
7)Shacab/Ummad -Bulsho (folks)
8)School- dugsi
9)Barako/nimco - Bash Bash/Barwaaqo (Blessing)
10)Kilmad - eray, weer (altough weer means today sentence in somaali i heard in previous times it meant word)
11)Saaxiib-Jalle (friend)
12)Macalin - Bare (Teacher)
13)Sumcad- Maamuus (Reputation)
14)Isticmaal- Adeegis (use)
15)shirkad - warshad (company)
16)Gaadhi - Baabuur (car)
17)Qaadi-garsoore (judge)
18)inqilaab/ afgembi (coup)
19) Xaq - Gar (right)

Another point, there are many words in our language where you can use synonymous.
Here some examples:

1)dhisid, oodis - to built
2)Garaad, Kas, Maan, maskax - mind (although they all have slightly other differences)
3)Jidka, Haad, wado - path
4) Kordhis, Kobcin - to increase
5) wacnaan, ficnaan, wanaag - Goodness
6) Libaax, Aar (Lion)
7) Guri, Aqal, min - house
9) Xaas, oori - wife
10)Cod (Men), olol (camel), ci'(cows and goats), cidd (Beast, e.g. Lion) - Voice
11)qunyar, aayar - slow
12) Dhar, Lebis (clothes)
13)Baqdin, Cabsis (to fear)
14)Wacyi gelin, Waanis (to warn or call sb. in religious sense)
15)madhan, eber (empty) yes eber in its actual meaning meant empty, and later zero


Add to the list synonymous and loan word replacements Jaalleyaal
 

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As you all are aware of we have so many non somali words in our language. For many of them their is a replacement where you can put the somali word instead.

Examples:

1)Saacad - Goorsheeg (watch)
2)Jawaab - War celin (Answer)
3)Xayawaan - Noolo (Animal/ being)
4)Fahamka - garasho (understanding)
5)Qaanun/Sharci - Xeer (law)
6)Qabiil - Beel (tribe)
7)Shacab/Ummad -Bulsho (folks)
8)School- dugsi
9)Barako/nimco - Bash Bash/Barwaaqo (Blessing)
10)Kilmad - eray, weer (altough weer means today sentence in somaali i heard in previous times it meant word)
11)Saaxiib-Jalle (friend)
12)Macalin - Bare (Teacher)
13)Sumcad- Maamuus (Reputation)
14)Isticmaal- Adeegis (use)
15)shirkad - warshad (company)
16)Gaadhi - Baabuur (car)
17)Qaadi-garsoore (judge)
18)inqilaab/ afgembi (coup)
19) Xaq - Gar (right)

Another point, there are many words in our language where you can use synonymous.
Here some examples:

1)dhisid, oodis - to built
2)Garaad, Kas, Maan, maskax - mind (although they all have slightly other differences)
3)Jidka, Haad, wado - path
4) Kordhis, Kobcin - to increase
5) wacnaan, ficnaan, wanaag - Goodness
6) Libaax, Aar (Lion)
7) Guri, Aqal, min - house
9) Xaas, oori - wife
10)Cod (Men), olol (camel), ci'(cows and goats), cidd (Beast, e.g. Lion) - Voice
11)qunyar, aayar - slow
12) Dhar, Lebis (clothes)
13)Baqdin, Cabsis (to fear)
14)Wacyi gelin, Waanis (to warn or call sb. in religious sense)
15)madhan, eber (empty) yes eber in its actual meaning meant empty, and later zero


Add to the list synonymous and loan word replacements Jaalleyaal

This is great sxb. Some of the words could use some updating to get rid of the harshness of some old words and replace with a new Somali word from Somali root or vowel sound
 
As you all are aware of we have so many non somali words in our language. For many of them their is a replacement where you can put the somali word instead.

Examples:

1)Saacad - Goorsheeg (watch)
2)Jawaab - War celin (Answer)
3)Xayawaan - Noolo (Animal/ being)
4)Fahamka - garasho (understanding)
5)Qaanun/Sharci - Xeer (law)
6)Qabiil - Beel (tribe)
7)Shacab/Ummad -Bulsho (folks)
8)School- dugsi
9)Barako/nimco - Bash Bash/Barwaaqo (Blessing)
10)Kilmad - eray, weer (altough weer means today sentence in somaali i heard in previous times it meant word)
11)Saaxiib-Jalle (friend)
12)Macalin - Bare (Teacher)
13)Sumcad- Maamuus (Reputation)
14)Isticmaal- Adeegis (use)
15)shirkad - warshad (company)
16)Gaadhi - Baabuur (car)
17)Qaadi-garsoore (judge)
18)inqilaab/ afgembi (coup)
19) Xaq - Gar (right)

Another point, there are many words in our language where you can use synonymous.
Here some examples:

1)dhisid, oodis - to built
2)Garaad, Kas, Maan, maskax - mind (although they all have slightly other differences)
3)Jidka, Haad, wado - path
4) Kordhis, Kobcin - to increase
5) wacnaan, ficnaan, wanaag - Goodness
6) Libaax, Aar (Lion)
7) Guri, Aqal, min - house
9) Xaas, oori - wife
10)Cod (Men), olol (camel), ci'(cows and goats), cidd (Beast, e.g. Lion) - Voice
11)qunyar, aayar - slow
12) Dhar, Lebis (clothes)
13)Baqdin, Cabsis (to fear)
14)Wacyi gelin, Waanis (to warn or call sb. in religious sense)
15)madhan, eber (empty) yes eber in its actual meaning meant empty, and later zero


Add to the list synonymous and loan word replacements Jaalleyaal
Nimco-nicmah
Baabuur means engine in arabic
 

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They are much pros to having loanwords you suckers dont know anything
 
Richness my ass viva Arabic. I love my loanwords.

I love arabic as well and classical arabic is the most beautiful language in the world. This Thread is not a call to erase all arabic loan from our culture rather it shows that we inherited a great and rich language from our forefathers that we don't value as much as we should. Go to Hargeysa and people will tell you their phone numbers in English...
 
@Libaaxseendheer and @CaliTedesse i researched it. I must correct myself. Baabuur i neither a somali word nor arabic. It's a loanword from the Ottman language (Language of the ottman empire, not the same like Turkish it differs a lot) which was loaned into the Arab language. However it has several meanings in different arabic dialects. In Yemen it means car in Algeria it means ship. In the Ottman empire it was a coffe maschine which worked with Gas.

So Arabs (Yemenis) took this word from the Turks (ottmans) and brought it into the somali culture.
 
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