Somali Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Somali vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Somali. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt shaar |
sweater funaanad |
jacket kurdad |
coat koodh |
socks sharabaadyo |
shoes kabo |
trousers surwaal |
pajamas bijaamo |
belt suun |
underwear hoos gashi |
hat koofi |
skirt saako |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language - Somali - Country - Somali |
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| Arabic carabi |
| Morocco marooko |
| Chinese shiineys |
| China shiinaha |
| English ingiriis |
| England ingiriiska |
| French faransiis |
| France faransiiska |
| German jarmal |
| Germany jarmalka |
| Greek giriig |
| Greece giriiga |
| Portuguese boortaqiis |
| Portugal boortaqiiska |
| Hindi hindi |
| India hindiya |
| Italian talyaani |
| Italy talyaaniga |
| Japanese jabaan |
| Japan jabaanka |
| Russian ruush |
| Russia ruushka |
| Spanish isbaanish |
| Spain isbayn |
| Swedish iswiidhish |
| Sweden iswiidhan |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel - Somali |
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| airport garoonka diyaaradaha |
| doctor dhaqtar |
| airplane diyaarad |
| medicines dawooyin |
| train tareen |
| pharmacy farmashi |
| taxi tagsi |
| hospital isbitaal |
| bus bas |
| ambulance ambalaas |
| car baabuur |
| poison sun |
| ticket boono |
| help me i caawi |
| hotel hoteel |
| danger halis |
| reservation carbuunasho |
| accident shil |
| passport baasaboor |
| police boliis |
| luggage boorsooyin |
| headache madax xanuun |
| tourism dalxiis |
| stomach ache calool xanuun |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class - Somali |
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| books buugaag |
| toilet musqul |
| pen qalin |
| bed sariir |
| dictionary qaamuus |
| bedroom qolka jiifka |
| library maktabad |
| furniture qalab |
| desk kursi |
| house guri |
| student arday |
| kitchen jiko |
| teacher macallin |
| plate saxan |
| chair kursi |
| refrigerator firinjiyeer |
| paper warqad |
| room qol |
| page bog |
| table miis |
| pencil qalin qori |
| window daaqad |
| question su'aal |
| television taleefishin |
Did you enjoy this lesson about the Somali vocabulary? I hope so. You can now check the next lesson below.
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