IS MARAQ ARABIC⁉️⁉️⁉️

[pirater]

I thought maraq was somali but yemeni Arabs use it to. Where did it originate from? Did we never use to have Maraq before Arab contact? or did they take this word from us? I thought since somalis huge thing with meat I thought it was ethnic somali word

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

maraq is just stew, i dont think we got it from anybody its common around the world

 

[Juke]

Arabs pronounce it as Marag

We probably have our own word for it, af-Somali has a lot of Arab loan words lol

 

[pirater]

Arabs pronounce it as Marag

We probably have our own word for it

do we? What word?

 

[pirater]

maraq is just stew, i dont think we got it from anybody its common around the world

Yea. But I assumed it was an actual somali word then surprised when I was searching for maraq dishes that yemeni Arabs use it too

 

[BetterDaysAhead]

Yea. But I assumed it was an actual somali word then surprised when I was searching for maraq dishes that yemeni Arabs use it too

im sure we have a somali word for it

 

[Sophisticate]

Every culture has a stew or broth of some kind. There is nothing unique about it anywhere. It's sort of rudimentary.

 

[Macalin dheerow]

Even the word marag is af arabi

Xaalada wey xuumatey, we are just arabo oo qoraxda gubey. We need to substitute these words to original somali ones if there are.

 

[pirater]

Even the word marag is af arabi

Xaalada wey xuumatey, we are just arabo oo qoraxda gubey. We need to substitute these words to original somali ones if there are.

facts. Whats with all these random arabic words

 

[Gacanka Cadmeed]

facts. Whats with all these random arabic words

It's because we have close cultural links with Yemenis. Laxoox Is also Yemeni.

 

[pirater]

It's because we have close cultural links with Yemenis. Laxoox Is also Yemeni.

I say Canjeelo not Laxoox

 

[Gacanka Cadmeed]

I say Canjeelo not Laxoox

I'm reer waqooyi

 

[pirater]

I'm reer waqooyi

Reer mudug here

 

[Gacanka Cadmeed]

Reer mudug here

You say Canjeelo and Walaal so your dialect is the middle ground between waqooyi and banaadir.

 

[Theawkwardintrovert]

I thought maraq was somali but yemeni Arabs use it to. Where did it originate from? Did we never use to have Maraq before Arab contact? or did they take this word from us? I thought since somalis huge thing with meat I thought it was ethnic somali word

It’s more than likely that Yemeni people got the word from us because of how close they are to us geographically. Other Arabs do not use that word for stew.

 

[Macalin dheerow]

facts. Whats with all these random arabic words

Loanwords are in every language, but their is too much in af-soomali. Next thing you know, hooyo is arabic. No wonder we have arabs understanding us

 

[pirater]

Loanwords are in every language, but their is too much in af-soomali. Next thing you know, hooyo is arabic. No wonder we have arabs understanding us

In Reer waqooyi dialect there is so many. Every other sentence there is an Arabic word. We should replace them and make somali have no unnecessary loan words. Some regions use loanwords that have somali counterparts and don't use it. There is too many

 

[OffTheDome]

So what if it’s Arabic, who cares

 

[The alchemist]

Loanwords are in every language, but their is too much in af-soomali. Next thing you know, hooyo is arabic. No wonder we have arabs understanding us

The loanword ratio in Somali is average.

 

[pirater]

The loanword ratio in Somali is average.

But in Northern dialects there is so much loan words. There is no problem with wanting to get rid of the unnecessary loan words. Words that there are somali counterparts