-
Wadaad's writing, also
known as
Wadaad's Arabic (Somali: Far
Wadaad, lit. 'scholar's handwriting'), is the
traditional Somali adaptation of
written Arabic...
- it is
reserved as an
honorific for
senior Muslim leaders and
clerics (
wadaad), and is
often abbreviated to "Sh".
Famous local sheikhs include Ishaaq...
- The
Somali people (Somali: Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖,
Wadaad: سٝوماليداَ) are a Cu****ic
ethnic group native to the Horn of
Africa who share...
- -ˈdɪʃ-/, also US: /ˌmoʊɡ-, ˌmɔːɡ-/; Somali: Muqdisho,
Wadaad: مُقْدِشو [mʉq'dɪ:ʃɔ] or Xamar,
Wadaad: حَمَرْ [ħɑmɑr]; Arabic: مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio)...
-
Somali (/səˈmɑːli, soʊ-/ sə-MAH-lee, soh-;
Latin script: Af-Soomaali;
Wadaad: اَف سٝومالِ; Osmanya: 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 [æ̀f sɔ̀ːmɑ́ːlì]) is an Afroasiatic...
-
uncharacteristic for a
religious man, the
Wadaad was a
cousin of the
recently killed Jugle.
Farah Nur
heard of the
gabay from the
Wadaad and
reprimanded him. Following...
-
centuries for
writing Somali include the long-established
Arabic script and
Wadaad's writing.
Indigenous writing systems developed in the 20th
century include...
- an ad hoc
transliteration of
Somali into
Arabic script referred to as
Wadaad's writing. It
contains 32 letters; 10 of them are vowels, the
remainder are...
-
Italians as is
often thought, but is a
translation of the
Somali expression wadaad waal ("the
Mullah that is a lunatic") used by
Somalis in Berbera. A Somali...
- "script" or "alphabet". For centuries,
Somali sheikhs and
Sultans used
wadaad's writing (a
version of the
Arabic alphabet) to write. In the
early 20th...
