Been seeing it around recently what does it mean?
Sir is used day to day though. Yet I haven't heard this.Most likely the somali version of sir
Seems like your rightSir is used day to day though. Yet I haven't heard this.
Aw seems to be a religious thing. Like in Europe you have Saint xxx
Wasn't Aw Barkhadle the guy that helped spread Islam among somalis. Or was it that Somali guy that spread Islam to some Galla tribes?Seems like your right
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Wasn't Aw Barkhadle the guy that helped spread Islam among somalis. Or was it that Somali guy that spread Islam to some Galla tribes?
Mashallah Somalis spread Islam farThis guy story is pretty remarkable
do you have some hidden cuck genome with all these anti somali postsIt's Harari loanword
Oh shit I never saw the connection with AwooweIt's probably an ancient Cushitic word, we can find it in Somali sites/titles etc... and even Awoowe which means grandfather, something to be respected.
Awdal meaning "Holy country" is pretty badass Ngl.Its means Holy or saint, and its not a Harari loan word, as there is evidence of pre-Islamic individuals in Somali culture that enjoyed the same honorific:
βAw Mahad (guardian of the harvest) and Aw Hilter (who protected men from attack by river crocodiles) appear to be timeless. They may be personages from pre-Islamic belief who were transformed in popular tradition into Muslim saintsβ - p.28, Lee V. Casanelli, The Shaping of Somali Society
What is really interesting in terms of etymology is that the Adal Sultanate was also known as Awdal by the locals, and βdalβ means country in af-Somali while βawβ would be either βholyβ or βsaintlyβ. Therefore it would be safe to assume that Awdal = βHoly Countryβ or βCountry of Saintsβ, which ties in nicely with the international reputation that the Sultans of Adal enjoyed from Cairo to Mogadishu.
The older I get the more I want to learn, since a man without his roots is lost, there is always a deeper meaning behind words in Somali since it's oral culture and most of it is not written down but orally thought.Its means Holy or saint, and its not a Harari loan word, as there is evidence of pre-Islamic individuals in Somali culture that enjoyed the same honorific:
βAw Mahad (guardian of the harvest) and Aw Hilter (who protected men from attack by river crocodiles) appear to be timeless. They may be personages from pre-Islamic belief who were transformed in popular tradition into Muslim saintsβ - p.28, Lee V. Casanelli, The Shaping of Somali Society
What is really interesting in terms of etymology is that the Adal Sultanate was also known as Awdal by the locals, and βdalβ means country in af-Somali while βawβ would be either βholyβ or βsaintlyβ. Therefore it would be safe to assume that Awdal = βHoly Countryβ or βCountry of Saintsβ, which ties in nicely with the international reputation that the Sultans of Adal enjoyed from Cairo to Mogadishu.