Town of allaybaday

[NoName]

The Somali word for freedom is an Arabic loanword. Damn it, we couldn't even think of freedom on our own????

Madax banaani?

 

[Apollo]

Xoriyad= Madax banaan
Bar ama baro

Sounds more like liberty / open mindedness than freedom. Xorriyad is used way more often to mean freedom and it's a straight Arabic loanword.

 

[ReeBorama]

Beautiful Gabilay masha allah that region is quite productive and self reliant.




Talking about Somali words, the name of the town " Allaybaday", anyone care to have a go at its etymology?

 

[merka]

The Somali word for freedom is an Arabic loanword. Damn it, we couldn't even think of freedom on our own????

How can there be freedom in a nation full of Abdis?

 

[Apollo]

How can there be freedom in a nation full of Abdis?

Slave of Master Johnson @AbdiJohnson

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

Some of you kneegrows ,waaad iska hadashaan.the original Somali nomadic warrior named stars,comets,planets,types of females and even the birds .the Somali man is the original Earth scientist .we have a plethora of names for different species of birds .

A few Somali bird names here :
http://rugsan.com/shimbiro.php
There are obviously more .i will have to ask the Somali herbal ,medicinal ,Poetry and military scientists .

 

[Bahal]

Some of you kneegrows ,waaad iska hadashaan.the original Somali nomadic warrior named stars,comets,planets,types of females and even the birds .the Somali man is the original Earth scientist .we have a plethora of names for different species of birds .

A few Somali bird names here :
http://rugsan.com/shimbiro.php
There are obviously more .i will have to ask the Somali herbal ,medicinal ,Poetry and military scientists .

Those words are long gone.

Just looking back at the based names of my ancestors always gets me

The farther they go, the more Somali and vice versa

 

[waraabe]

@merka @Realwarya our lands are blessed

 

[Federeeshan]

@merka @Realwarya our lands are blessed

That's my reer abti lands

 

[waraabe]

That's my reer abti lands

It is your lands then too sxb

 

[merka]

@merka @Realwarya our lands are blessed

Alhamdulilah

 

[Shamis]

Sounds more like liberty / open mindedness than freedom. Xorriyad is used way more often to mean freedom and it's a straight Arabic loanword.

Dawlad madaxbanaan = Independent government. Freedom itself is a fluffy term.