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English to Somali dictionary

beautiful in Somali

qurux badan[1][2]

Beautiful, good-looking, or pleasing to look at

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Translation

Somali meanings

qurux badan[1][2]

Beautiful, good-looking, or pleasing to look at

quruxsan[1][3]

Pretty or beautiful

Useful combinations

Common phrases with beautiful

beautiful place

meel qurux badan[1][2][4]

beautiful language

luqad qurux badan[1][4]

pretty / beautiful

quruxsan[1][3]

Real usage

Example sentences

The garden is beautiful.

description

Beertu waa qurux badan tahay.[1][2][4]

This is a beautiful place.

place

Tani waa meel qurux badan.[1][2][4]

Somali is a beautiful language.

language

Af-Soomaaligu waa luqad qurux badan.[1][4]

Grammar

Grammar notes

Adjective after the noun

In Somali noun phrases, the adjective normally follows the noun: meel qurux badan means beautiful place. In predicate sentences, use yahay or tahay according to the noun.[1][2][3][4]

Questions

Questions about beautiful in Somali

How do you say beautiful in Somali?

Beautiful in Somali can be qurux badan. Quruxsan also means pretty or beautiful.

Evidence

References checked

[1] OpenTran English-Somali Dictionary PDF
Checked beautiful as qurux badan, beauty as qurux, pretty as quruxsan, place as meel, and language as luqad.
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[2] OpenTran Somali-English Dictionary PDF
Checked qurux as beauty, quruxoon as beautiful, beer as garden, meel as place, and tani as this.
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[3] English-Somali Bilingual Dictionary (NSW Department of Education)
Cross-checked beautiful and pretty vocabulary, including filsan and quruxsan, plus place as meel.
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[4] Beginner's Somali Lesson Notes (Morgan Nilsson)
Checked noun-plus-adjective order and predicate adjective patterns with yahay/tahay.
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