"dhal" meaning in Somali

See dhal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dhali [causative], dhalan [passive], dhalo [middle]
Etymology: Cognate with Maay dhalow, Rendille del, Jiiddu dhalaal, Oromo dhaluu, Konso deloota (“birth”), Afar xaylo (“offspring”), Tsamai ɗal. Unrelated to Iraqw xwayluw. Etymology templates: {{cog|ymm|dhalow}} Maay dhalow, {{cog|rel|del}} Rendille del, {{cog|jii|dhalaal}} Jiiddu dhalaal, {{cog|om|dhaluu}} Oromo dhaluu, {{cog|kxc|deloota|t=birth}} Konso deloota (“birth”), {{cog|aa|xaylo|t=offspring}} Afar xaylo (“offspring”), {{cog|tsb|ɗal}} Tsamai ɗal, {{cog|irk|xwayluw}} Iraqw xwayluw Head templates: {{head|so|verb|causative|dhali|passive|dhalan|middle|dhalo}} dhal (causative dhali, passive dhalan, middle dhalo)
  1. (ambitransitive) beget, give birth Tags: ambitransitive
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dhalow",
      "dhalow#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "del",
      "del#Rendille"
    ],
    [
      "dhalaal",
      "dhalaal#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "dhaluu",
      "dhaluu#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "deloota",
      "deloota#Konso"
    ],
    [
      "xaylo",
      "xaylo#Afar"
    ],
    [
      "ɗal",
      "ɗal#Tsamai"
    ],
    [
      "xwayluw",
      "xwayluw#Iraqw"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "dhalow"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay dhalow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rel",
        "2": "del"
      },
      "expansion": "Rendille del",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "dhalaal"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu dhalaal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "dhaluu"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo dhaluu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kxc",
        "2": "deloota",
        "t": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "Konso deloota (“birth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "xaylo",
        "t": "offspring"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar xaylo (“offspring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsb",
        "2": "ɗal"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsamai ɗal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "xwayluw"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw xwayluw",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Maay dhalow, Rendille del, Jiiddu dhalaal, Oromo dhaluu, Konso deloota (“birth”), Afar xaylo (“offspring”), Tsamai ɗal. Unrelated to Iraqw xwayluw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dhali",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhalan",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhalo",
      "tags": [
        "middle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "causative",
        "4": "dhali",
        "5": "passive",
        "6": "dhalan",
        "7": "middle",
        "8": "dhalo"
      },
      "expansion": "dhal (causative dhali, passive dhalan, middle dhalo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tsamai terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beget, give birth"
      ],
      "id": "en-dhal-so-verb-Gudl3srL",
      "links": [
        [
          "beget",
          "beget"
        ],
        [
          "give birth",
          "give birth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) beget, give birth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dhal"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dhalow",
      "dhalow#Maay"
    ],
    [
      "del",
      "del#Rendille"
    ],
    [
      "dhalaal",
      "dhalaal#Jiiddu"
    ],
    [
      "dhaluu",
      "dhaluu#Oromo"
    ],
    [
      "deloota",
      "deloota#Konso"
    ],
    [
      "xaylo",
      "xaylo#Afar"
    ],
    [
      "ɗal",
      "ɗal#Tsamai"
    ],
    [
      "xwayluw",
      "xwayluw#Iraqw"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ymm",
        "2": "dhalow"
      },
      "expansion": "Maay dhalow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rel",
        "2": "del"
      },
      "expansion": "Rendille del",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jii",
        "2": "dhalaal"
      },
      "expansion": "Jiiddu dhalaal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "dhaluu"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo dhaluu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kxc",
        "2": "deloota",
        "t": "birth"
      },
      "expansion": "Konso deloota (“birth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aa",
        "2": "xaylo",
        "t": "offspring"
      },
      "expansion": "Afar xaylo (“offspring”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tsb",
        "2": "ɗal"
      },
      "expansion": "Tsamai ɗal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
        "2": "xwayluw"
      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw xwayluw",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Maay dhalow, Rendille del, Jiiddu dhalaal, Oromo dhaluu, Konso deloota (“birth”), Afar xaylo (“offspring”), Tsamai ɗal. Unrelated to Iraqw xwayluw.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dhali",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhalan",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhalo",
      "tags": [
        "middle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "causative",
        "4": "dhali",
        "5": "passive",
        "6": "dhalan",
        "7": "middle",
        "8": "dhalo"
      },
      "expansion": "dhal (causative dhali, passive dhalan, middle dhalo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Somali",
  "lang_code": "so",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Somali entries with incorrect language header",
        "Somali intransitive verbs",
        "Somali lemmas",
        "Somali transitive verbs",
        "Somali verbs",
        "Tsamai terms in nonstandard scripts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beget, give birth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beget",
          "beget"
        ],
        [
          "give birth",
          "give birth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) beget, give birth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dhal"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dhal meaning in Somali (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Somali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.