nounbasicLetter C

English to Somali dictionary

country in Somali

A political country or nation

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Translation

Somali meanings

dal[1][3]

A political country or nation

Useful combinations

Common phrases with country

the country

dalka[1][2][3]

this country

dalkan[3]

countries

dalal[3]

Real usage

Example sentences

Somalia is a beautiful country.

country as a nation

Soomaaliya waa dal qurux badan.[1][2][3][4]

This country is beautiful.

demonstrative phrase

Dalkan waa qurux badan.[2][3]

Countries are different.

plural country noun

Dalalku waa kala duwan yihiin.[2][3]

Grammar

Grammar notes

Dal, dalka, and dalal

Use dal for a country, dalka for the country, and dalal for countries. For country meaning countryside rather than nation, the NSW dictionary lists baadiye instead.[1][2][3]

Questions

Questions about country in Somali

How do you say country in Somali?

Country as a political nation is dal in Somali. The country is dalka, and countries is dalal.

Evidence

References checked

[1] English-Somali Bilingual Dictionary (NSW Department of Education)
Checked country as dal for political division, country as baadiye for the opposite-of-city sense, land as dal in the country sense, and Somalia in the countries/states list.
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[2] OpenTran English-Somali Dictionary PDF
Checked country as dalka, countries as wadamada, beautiful as qurux badan, different as kala duwan, and is/it is as waa.
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[3] OpenTran Somali-English Dictionary PDF
Checked dal as country, dalal/dalalka as countries, dalka as the country, dalkan as this country, Soomaliya as Somalia, qurxoon as beautiful, and waa as it is.
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[4] Learner's Somali Grammar (Morgan Nilsson, University of Gothenburg)
Checked Somalia/Soomaaliya country examples and the question Soomaaliya waa xaggee? / Where is Somalia?
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