nounbasicLetter D

English to Somali dictionary

door in Somali

A hinged barrier used to open/close an entrance

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Translation

Somali meanings

albaab[1][2][3]

A hinged barrier used to open/close an entrance

Useful combinations

Common phrases with door

the door

albaabka[2][3][4]

doors

albaabbada[2][3]

open the door

albaabka fur[1][2][3]

Real usage

Example sentences

Please open the door.

polite command

Fadlan albaabka fur.[1][2][3]

I turned, angry, toward the door.

textbook direction example

Aniga oo cadhaysan ayaan dhanka albaabka u jeedsaday.[4]

When he was going out the door, he told me to call.

textbook out-the-door example

Markii uu albaabka ka sii baxayay ayuu ii sheegay in aan anigu ku soo waco.[4]

Grammar

Grammar notes

Albaab and albaabka

Albaab means a door. The form albaabka is the door, and albaabbada is a plural door form checked in the reverse dictionary.[2][3][4]

Questions

Questions about door in Somali

How do you say door in Somali?

Door is albaab in Somali. The door is albaabka, and open the door is albaabka fur.

Evidence

References checked

[1] English-Somali Bilingual Dictionary (NSW Department of Education)
Checked door in the English-Somali list, open as fur/furan, closed as xiran, and key as fure/furaha.
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[2] OpenTran English-Somali Dictionary PDF
Checked door as albaabka, doors as albaabbada, open as furan, opened as furay, and opens as furto.
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[3] OpenTran Somali-English Dictionary PDF
Checked albaab as a door, albaabada as the doors, albaabbada as doorways, albaabka as the door, furan as open, and fur forms as open.
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[4] Learner's Somali Grammar (Morgan Nilsson, University of Gothenburg)
Checked albaáb as door and textbook examples with dhanka albaabka, Markii uu albaabka ka sii baxayay, furaa opens, and furaha the key.
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