burahadeer Posted April 5, 2012 these words were brought by the indians in the north.Lot thm came with british. Look at this map where it says somali still spoken in northern Iran(by the caspian sea) & oman(by gulf of oman).Neva heard before. Kind little grey area. check the data box on left bottom. http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Iran_Languages_sm.jpg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rudy-Diiriye Posted April 5, 2012 There is a large somali community in Heyderabad in Anderapardesh in Indian. I met some of these soldiers that left somalia in the early 19th century. I met one of the old oj's there. All he remember about somali lingo was ku labo sadhex!!. Some how they all keep they family last name as somali but they still rmember what tribe they from!! looooool.... They were from sl & pl area....& just imagine them running into rudy who get no clue of these tribe names! they will just look at me....I told them i know tribes from xamar but not from other places! They were nice pple N gave vip treatment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burahadeer Posted April 5, 2012 this guy who went to indonesia told same thing,he met a family who been there atleast 100yrs.BTW what is their # those in india...I mean many? there are millions who assimilated into asia & europe for couple 100yrs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rudy-Diiriye Posted April 5, 2012 dont exactly...but they have a city there!! + i saw alot of xaliimos who married Indias, use to work in other countries n retired there. Some converted to christanity, hindusom etc. But it was large community. Then, when i came to la, i met this dude who was half somali half Combodian. His father was in the British Army in the first world war. My own family is missing 2 grandfather siblings that go lost while working as seamen. another one was found in Sudan with large family and another in Syria..The syrians one's daughter contacted my family in the 80's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burahadeer Posted April 5, 2012 rudy-Diiriye;814913 wrote: My own family is missing 2 grandfather siblings that go lost while working as seamen. another one was found in Sudan with large family and another in Syria..The syrians one's daughter contacted my family in the 80's. think that's very common among somalis specially in north/pl. Heard Like in oman atleast 40% of population are of somali decent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaMpAgE Posted April 5, 2012 Typical somali, always suggestion things with out prove. Theirs nothing to suggest that the words "garee" or "wale" have any indian origin, they could sound the same, however doesn't mean that they are the same word. However their is no denying that their are words in the Somali language that have Indian origin, such as Roodi etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beer-Gaal Posted April 5, 2012 the none arabic somali words which we share with Indians . Gaari Baraf Biyo Rooti Barasaab (meaning governor in somali)- comes from the word -baraa saab -in hindi it means' Big Boss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sensei Posted April 5, 2012 Raamsade;814875 wrote: I think Shaati and surwaal are also Indian. LOL....naga daa dee, Raamsade. Che & Gheele T. will be useful here, they seem to speak the language or waaba Indians. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOB Posted April 5, 2012 I have 17 uncles and 12 of them married non-Somalis! I have half Argentinean cousins, half Algerian Berber cousins, half Greek cousins, half Italian cousins, half Spanish cousins, half Moroccan cousins, half French cousins, half Tunisian cousins, half Amharic cousins, half Malaysian cousins, half Dutch cousins, half Jordanian cousins. I’ve met all but the Malaysian ones and they all speak far better Somali than many in here and they’ve never been anywhere near Somalia. The men in my family married outsiders but somehow all the women married Somalis including Yasir whose grandfather came from Yemen and married a Somali lady from Kismayo which makes Yasir 25% Somali but 100% from Kismayo. Peace, Love & Unity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blessed Posted April 5, 2012 burahadeer;814673 wrote: The word "garee" is indian but when somalis use it only comes with english words: drive garee run garee cook garee draw garee mix garee use garee Seriously? Waxaan Af Somaali maahee, yaa sidaas u hadla? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mukulaalow Posted April 5, 2012 Duur - (Duurka baadiyaha) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maaddeey Posted April 5, 2012 ^Ghalad Duur: Fog (Dheer) 'far' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burahadeer Posted April 5, 2012 RaMpAgE;814938 wrote: Typical somali, always suggestion things with out prove. Theirs nothing to suggest that the words "garee" or "wale" have any indian origin, they could sound the same, however doesn't mean that they are the same word. However their is no denying that their are words in the Somali language that have Indian origin, such as Roodi etc. garee & wale are both indian...try to find out.....obviously a lot us don't know origins of many words. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fazliyah Posted April 6, 2012 I don't remember hearing the word "Garee" before 90's,maybe waa erayada cusub oo waayahaan danbe afka kusoo saaiday specially dadka mareykanka kunool waan arkay dad badan oo dhaha tusaale ahaan baabuurka drive gareey or heblo cumputerkey use gareyneysaa laakiin ereyga garee kaligiis macnihiisa ma fahmin siduu urdu ama soomaali u yahay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burahadeer Posted April 6, 2012 ^^ garee is been in use for for a long time,I see older people say when I was young.As for the meaning i'm not sure in indian but strangely for somalis it could only be used with english words.More or less it seems to me like "it". drive garee= drive it. waan drive gareeyay= I drove it. waan drive gareeynayaa=I'm gona drive it. indian words are countable in somali though probably less than 30 or so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites