English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary;INGRISI SOOMAALI - SOOMAALI INGRISI QAAMUUS [Paperback]

Maxamud Jaamac Qoorsheel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2007

This is a new and fully updated edition of the dictionary, offers over 430 pages of definitions. It covers all the words you need for everyday use in Somali language; The author has also made the definitions clearer than before. This portable and affordable dictionary is perfect for general reference and student of the language. The vocabularies have been carefully compiled to embrace all words in current use, including many scientific and technical terms which have become a part of the English and Somali languages as spoken or written today. Many new words used in science, radio, automobile, aviation, etc., are included in this dictionary, thus affording the student richer vocabularies than those found in many larger volumes. Completeness, conciseness and accuracy have been the publishers basic aims throughout this volume, Conciseness has been attained by omitting only highly technical terms, rare and self-explaining derivatives, adverbs easily formed from adjectives words not in general use, and the endless array of unimportant and, in most cases, confusing synonyms, usually so common in much bulkier dictionaries.

Product Details

• Paperback: 460 pages
• Publisher: Simon Wallenburg Press; 2 Blg Rev edition (March 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843560070
• ISBN-13: 978-1843560074
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #624,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > African > Instruction

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the dictionary you to go for if you are in any way serious about learning the Somali language, But its not Perfect, April 17, 2007

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Bookworm "Bookworm" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary;INGRISI SOOMAALI - SOOMAALI INGRISI QAAMUUS (Paperback)

This is a great dictionary and I find it very useful. I have had the first edition for about three years and carried it on my frequent trips to Ethiopia and Somalia.
This is a dictionary that fulfills its purposes. I have looked at the others and this one is not only cheaper but better.
The dictionary is not a exact copy but similar to the one by Said Warsame Hirsi and Abdirahman C. Oomar as it has a large number of new words also the text on the definitions have been changed but the look and feel is very similar, but I for one appreciate this as that was a very good dictionary which now is sadly out of print.
This dictionary has also a Somali English section of two hundred new pages which the old dictionary did not have.
One drawback of this dictionary is that its no longer so portable as the first edition was smaller, however since it has thousands of more definitions that the first edition I think compromises had to be made.
Anyway, this is the dictionary you must own if you are in any way serious about learning the Somali language.
Somalia has been without a government for many years and Hats Off! To the scholars at Mogadishu University who have amidst these troubled times brought out a dictionary for the benefit of all the people of Somalia. I believe that the teachers have not been paid for a number of years due to the wars but still continue to teach out of public service.
There are four dictionaries that you may encounter in your battle with the Somali language this one is the best so far.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An old favorite just got better, not to the standard of an Oxford dictionary but best of the bunch., April 16, 2007

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Book_lover (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary;INGRISI SOOMAALI - SOOMAALI INGRISI QAAMUUS (Paperback)

This is dictionary is the best of the three or four Somali dictionaries probably because it has been prepared by academics at Magadishu University, there is a message from the President of the University in the introductory pages.
My favorite dictionary from which I learned Somali used to be the Af-Garad by Saciid Warsame Xirsi but sadly this went out of print I was quite happy to see that half this dictionary about 250 pages is a revamped version of the Af-Garad
But this dictionary has been revised in that extant that two hundred new pages have been added in a new Somali English section.
As far as I am concerned an old favorite dictionary just got better as I can now do a lookup both ways instead of buying another dictionary. This is what makes it affordable.
This dictionary is not to the high standard of an Oxford dictionary but it is the best of the lot believe me. I have been teaching Somali refugees in New York and this is the one I would recommend for students.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A very rudimentary dictionary, July 13, 2010

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Michelle Schumacher "MichelleWA" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: English - Somali; Somali - English Dictionary;INGRISI SOOMAALI - SOOMAALI INGRISI QAAMUUS (Paperback)

I live in Seattle where there is a large Somali community. I have been learning the Somali language because in my job I interact a lot with people in the Somali community. This dictionary is very rudimentary. I have read through both the newer edition and the older edition and other than the preface, introduction, and front matter, the editions are, from what I can tell, identical. The publication date of the older edition to which I refer is 1994. Star Publishing was the publisher and the author has used the English spelling of his name, Mohamud Korshel, on the cover of this older edition. The cover is either red or blue. This dictionary has a lot of vocabulary, but there is no context for the definitions nor a pronunciation guide. It is nice because it it English-Somali, Somali-English. Some other dictionaries are either Somali-English or English-Somali. I would recommend Fiqi's Somali English Dictionary, First Edition (Fiqi Educational Materials, 1995), by Awil Ali Hashi with Abdirahman A. Hashi as well as Essential English Somali Dictionary, Second Edition (Fiqi Publishers, 2004) by Awil Ali Hashi with Abdirahman A. Hashi. Combined, these two are much better than Korshel's/Qoorsheel's dictionaries.