The Real Meaning Of Mogadishu

[killerxsmoke]

According to the scholars of the city, its name is derived from the Arabic words megaad-ech-cháta (station of the sheep).

 

[Hamzza]

According to the scholars of the city, its name is derived from the Arabic words megaad-ech-cháta (station of the sheep).
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Arabic.

Seat of Sheep مقديشو=مقعد شاة​

 

[killerxsmoke]

Glad you accepted this

If you've provided a source I would have believed u

 

[mohammdov]

Glad you accepted this

الناس تبع لقريش في الخير و الشر
What do you mean by that

 

[Hamzza]

الناس تبع لقريش في الخير و الشر
What do you mean by that

It's Hadith of the prophet ﷺ

 

[ibrahym]

What about the sheikh's seat? (مقعد الشيخ ) The sultans of Mogadishu use the sheikh to describe themselves, and I have not heard of a sultan of Mogadishu bearing the name Shah

 

[Guillotine]

The meaning of Mogadishu's name is uncertain. Some render it as a Somali version of the Arabic "maqad shah," or "imperial seat of the shah," thus hinting at a Persian role in the city's founding.

Does this have an authenticity?

 

[Garaad diinle]

What about the sheikh's seat? (مقعد الشيخ ) The sultans of Mogadishu use the sheikh to describe themselves, and I have not heard of a sultan of Mogadishu bearing the name Shah

It's nothing more than folk etymology. The name mogadishu is nearly a millennia old name that hasn't change whatsoever and even the name xamar was mentioned by al-dimashqi. This claim is akin to someone claiming that yemen is from the english phrase yeah man.

 

[killerxsmoke]

It's nothing more than folk etymology. The name mogadishu is nearly a millennia old name that hasn't change whatsoever and even the name xamar was mentioned by al-dimashqi. This claim is akin to someone claiming that yemen is from the english phrase yeah man.

Did al dimashqi mention xamar?

 

[ibrahym]

Did al dimashqi mention xamar?

 

[Garaad diinle]

Did al dimashqi mention xamar?

Yeah but he thought that it was a description rather than a name. He called the port city mogadisho al-hamra' much like we say marka cadey.

 

[madaxweyne]

The meaning of Mogadishu's name is uncertain. Some render it as a Somali version of the Arabic "maqad shah," or "imperial seat of the shah," thus hinting at a Persian role in the city's founding.

Does this have an authenticity?

no evidence of any persians in mogadishu stop this persian mumbo jumo

 

[killerxsmoke]

It's nothing more than folk etymology. The name mogadishu is nearly a millennia old name that hasn't change whatsoever and even the name xamar was mentioned by al-dimashqi. This claim is akin to someone claiming that yemen is from the english phrase yeah man.

What does xamar mean?

 

[Hamzza]

What does xamar mean?

Red

 

[killerxsmoke]

Red

In somali?

 

[Garaad diinle]

In somali?

Very observant of you for indeed xamar might sound arabic but in reality it's a somali word. There are many other geographical places in somaliweyn that carries the name xamar. What's even funnier is that their is an actual ogaden sub clan called reer xamar meaning it's nothing exclusive to the reer xamar of mogadishu nor is it of foreign origin. Now what does it mean? Well it means a number of things but i only remember that xamar is the word we use for tamarind or as it's also called in somali raqay

 

[Hamzza]

In somali?

In Arabic and Af Somali as well. For example, the reddish horse is called Xamar in Af Soomaali

 

[mohammdov]

What does xamar mean?

Because the stones which the city was built were red in color, so the Arabs called it the red city = xamar

 

[HabarSteven12]

Xamar was originally founded by arabs. Xamar means reddish soil in the arabic language. Xamar means nothing in af Somali. Xamar was founded by arabs in the 9th century. Somali nomads particularly reer abgaal came to the city in the early 1900s.

 

[killerxsmoke]

Xamar was originally founded by arabs. Xamar means reddish soil in the arabic language. Xamar means nothing in af Somali. Xamar was founded by arabs in the 9th century. Somali nomads particularly reer abgaal came to the city in the early 1900s.

Man said early 1900s , if your gonna lie at least do a better job