Shaax or Shaah

[wonyluvr]

So I was scouring the internet for tea recipes and i stumbled across discourse about whether or not it’s pronounced shaax or shaah. Reer sspot what’s your answer?

 

[wonyluvr]

I say shaaxii or shaax

 

[Journey.]

X is the strong h, basically ح. I say, and I've only ever heard, "shaahi" with the soft h/ه sound.

 

[Sa_Male]

Alhamdulilah

 

[Avalanche]

Shaah is the correct wording

 

[The alchemist]

shaah*

Shaax is not in any dictionary. Some Arabs also say Shaahi.

 

[Sophisticate]

Shax is a Somali game of strategy similar to chess. It has been played for hundreds of years.

Shaax is not a word for tea rather it is shaah.

 

[Bille]

It's Shaah. But if you say Shaax or Shaaxi we still understand what you mean.

Here are some other Somali words that people always argue about it.

Is it Canjeero or Canjeelo?

Is it Dacawo or Dawoco?

Is it Xayawaan or is it Xawayaan?

Is it xiniinyo or Xaniinyo?

 

[Ducaalee]

It's Shaah. But if you say Shaax or Shaaxi we still understand what you mean.

Here are some other Somali words that people always argue about it.

Is it Canjeero or Canjeelo?

It's Laxoox

Is it Dacawo or Dawoco?

It's Dacawo

Is it Xayawaan or is it Xawayaan?

Waa Xawayaan

Is it xiniinyo or Xaniinyo?

It's absolutely Xiniinyo

Y'all need to relearn Afkeena hooyo

 

[Bille]

I personally use both: laxoox or sometimes Canjeero

 

[Abdisamad]

I say shaaxii or shaax

I think southern Somalis call it shaax, but at my end we call it shaah.

 

[iley]

SHAAX >>>

 

[marcellady]

I think southern Somalis call it shaax, but at my end we call it shaah.

No they call it shaah as well.

 

[Killamenace78]

So I was scouring the internet for tea recipes and i stumbled across discourse about whether or not it’s pronounced shaax or shaah. Reer sspot what’s your answer?

If you say shaax your genuinely trying to be different it’s shaah and it comes from the Chinese word (茶 Chá)

 

[canjeeroiyoshah]

It's Shaah. But if you say Shaax or Shaaxi we still understand what you mean.

Here are some other Somali words that people always argue about it.

Is it Canjeero or Canjeelo?

Is it Dacawo or Dawoco?

Is it Xayawaan or is it Xawayaan?

Is it xiniinyo or Xaniinyo?

Those differences are because of regional dialects. I think in the North East they say canjeelo.

 

[Killamenace78]

It's Shaah. But if you say Shaax or Shaaxi we still understand what you mean.

Here are some other Somali words that people always argue about it.

Is it Canjeero or Canjeelo?

Is it Dacawo or Dawoco?

Is it Xayawaan or is it Xawayaan?

Is it xiniinyo or Xaniinyo?

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[Arkan]

I wonder how it became Shaah from the original Chai

 

[berberaboy66]

It’s supposed to be shaah but people just mispronounce it too much

 

[Nin123]

So I was scouring the internet for tea recipes and i stumbled across discourse about whether or not it’s pronounced shaax or shaah. Reer sspot what’s your answer?

Both of them are correct and basically sound the same.

 

[Avalanche]

I wonder how it became Shaah from the original Chai

Of course