Surprising loanwords in somali

[hinters]

I was surprised when I found out the word for towel, shukumaan, was from Italian.

What word in Somali were you surprised was a loanword?

 

[Luffy]

Shuun It's a feminine name in the north I discovered that it is German and means beautiful (schön) I don't know how he got there

 

[𐒌𐒓𐒐𐒓𐒗𐒕𐒒_21]

I was surprised when I found out the word for towel, shukumaan, was from Italian.

What word in Somali were you surprised was a loanword?

We need to get rid of these bastard shisheeye loanwords and google translate p'sses me off when i translate some english articles into Soomaali and you will see google mix Arabic vocabulary in Somali. for example you will see words like Ajnabi,jaaliyadda,matar in google instead of Shisheeye,bulshada, garoonka diyaarada

Correct: Soomaali
Shisheye - foreign
Danjire - Ambassador
Garoonka Diyaarada - Airport
Bulshada - community
Dadka: people

Incorrect: Arabic
Aynabi - foreign
Safirka - ambassador
Matar - Airport
Jaaliyadda - community
Shacabka - people

 

[convincation]

We need to get rid of these bastard shisheeye loanwords and google translate p'sses me off when i translate some english articles into Soomaali and you will see google mix Arabic vocabulary in Somali. for example you will see words like Ajnabi,jaaliyadda,matar in google instead of Shisheeye,bulshada, garoonka diyaarada

Correct: Soomaali
Shisheye - foreign
Danjire - Ambassador
Garoonka Diyaarada - Airport
Bulshada - community
Dadka: people

Incorrect: Arabic
Aynabi - foreign
Safirka - ambassador
Matar - Airport
Jaaliyadda - community
Shacabka - people

In Xamar we just say Eerboor for Airport. No one says garoonka diyaaradaha

 

[hinters]

We need to get rid of these bastard shisheeye loanwords and google translate p'sses me off when i translate some english articles into Soomaali and you will see google mix Arabic vocabulary in Somali. for example you will see words like Ajnabi,jaaliyadda,matar in google instead of Shisheeye,bulshada, garoonka diyaarada

Correct: Soomaali
Shisheye - foreign
Danjire - Ambassador
Garoonka Diyaarada - Airport
Bulshada - community
Dadka: people

Incorrect: Arabic
Aynabi - foreign
Safirka - ambassador
Matar - Airport
Jaaliyadda - community
Shacabka - people

Don't forget magaalo madax instead of caasimad.

 

[abz1991]

Theres so many loan words in the Somali language specifically the Maxaa dialect, I havent seen as much in the Maay dialect. Some examples are Fargeeto which is itallian, Farmaajo which is also itallian, kursi Al baab koofiyad which are all arabic.

 

[Dima&Damo]

Theres so many loan words in the Somali language specifically the Maxaa dialect, I havent seen as much in the Maay dialect. Some examples are Fargeeto which is itallian, Farmaajo which is also itallian, kursi Al baab koofiyad which are all arabic.

Oromo languages and people never interacted with people from other places we can just revert back to our proper way or find newer words