Baydan Casooweh Dhabar
"Baydan Casooweh Dhabar
« As the elders say: "Magac fooyo kuma baxo!". »
(A name is not given lightly!)
A name is not a simple word; it is an inheritance, the link binding a person to their people, their culture and their history.
Every people has its own way of naming an individual and welcoming them into the community.
For free peoples, naming a child is no small matter: it means passing on a memory, a language, a heritage.
This book, « Wacays iyo Badhaadha », is not merely a collection of names; it is a living memory, dedicated with respect to our ancestors.
In it you will find more than 1,500 genuine and authentic Somali names, for boys and girls, each with the context in which the name was given, along with its etymology and its meaning."
A dictionary of Somali personal names. More than 1,500 names with their etymology and the circumstance that gave rise to each one. 314 pages, entirely in the Somali language.
First book published by Baydan Casooweh Dhabar in 2026, in her Baydan Edition collection, with Bookelis for printing and distribution. Baydan Edition is not a publishing house: no other author has been published under it to date.
Author: Baydan Casooweh Dhabar 2026
Category: Dictionary
