So many Somali names aren´t Somali

[KinsiHilaac]

Samirah-Arabic
Muna-Arabic
Xalima-Arabic

This is fascinating .

That a whole country can have less of their own Somali ethnic names than Arabic ones.

Take back the Somali language.

 

[killerxsmoke]

Theres a whole thread on this about somali names you should check it out
https://www.somalispot.com/threads/database-of-somali-names-boys-girls.19180/

 

[KinsiHilaac]

Theres a whole thread on this about somali names you should check it out
https://www.somalispot.com/threads/database-of-somali-names-boys-girls.19180/

How many of those names are in use today, And contrast them with how many arabic ones are being used. The difference is crazy

 

[johnsepei5]

How many of those names are in use today, And contrast them with how many arabic ones are being used. The difference is crazy

Not that deep

 

[HiraanBorn]

Samirah-Arabic
Muna-Arabic
Xalima-Arabic

This is fascinating .

That a whole country can have less of their own Somali ethnic names than Arabic ones.

Take back the Somali language.

Look at this dumb nationalist

 

[killerxsmoke]

How many of those names are in use today, And contrast them with how many arabic ones are being used. The difference is crazy

True wallahi, am just glad I have a somali name (Guleed), and i just realised only 2 of my mothers siblings have muslim names the other 4 are somali names

 

[killerxsmoke]

Not that deep

It is deep we are losing our culture

 

[Barni]

Look at this dumb nationalist

What’s dumb about wanting to preserve ur ethnic names?

 

[HiraanBorn]

What’s dumb about wanting to preserve ur ethnic names?

What's going to be next, reciting the Qur'an in Somali?

 

[killerxsmoke]

What's going to be next, reciting the Qur'an in Somali?

U went to level 100 pretty fast, since when was preserving your native names a bad thing

 

[KinsiHilaac]

What's going to be next, reciting the Qur'an in Somali?

Yes.

 

[Danakiil]

If you couldn't tell that Sabrina was not an African name idk what to tell you

 

[HiraanBorn]

U went to level 100 pretty fast, since when was preserving your native names a bad thing

What's going to be next, reciting the Qur'an in Somali?

This is what I asked this guy.

Yes.

And this is his reply! Do you understand now?

 

[killerxsmoke]

This is what I asked this guy.


And this is his reply! Do you understand now?

Let's be honest we both didnt expect him to say yes

 

[hinters]

Yes in my abtirsi my name is arabic my dad's name, his dad's name, his dad's name, his dad's name, and yeah. The first non-arabic name is Guuleed,

 

[KinsiHilaac]

This is what I asked this guy.


And this is his reply! Do you understand now?

im not a guy, camal la´aan baa ku heysee

 

[killerxsmoke]

Yes in my abtirsi my name is arabic my dad's name, his dad's name, his dad's name, his dad's name, his dad's name. The first non-arabic name is Guuleed.

In my abtirsi the first somali name (excluding me) is caagane, to the somali experts do u know what caagane means? @Garaad diinle

 

[HiraanBorn]

im not a guy, camal la´aan baa ku heysee

War naga aamus murtad yahow

 

[Heavy Mountains]

Kinsi is a woman name

 

[hinters]

In my abtirsi the first non somali name (excluding me) is caagane, to the somali experts do u know what caagane means? @Garaad diinle

do you mean the first somali name?