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The word "HABAR" does not denote a Mother but an alliance
As in how Somalis use the word to describe preditors
Like hyenas, jackals as"Habar Dugaag"

seemeyer wrote:The word "HABAR" does not denote a Mother but an alliance
As in how Somalis use the word to describe preditors
Like hyenas, jackals as"Habar Dugaag"

Mother Hen?

Habar means mother

hyena is waraabe

whats wrong with you

Shirib wrote:Habar means mother

hyena is waraabe

whats wrong with you

or Dhurwaa

Shirib wrote:Habar means mother

hyena is waraabe

whats wrong with you

The hyena and the jackal together are called Habar dugag
What's wrong with you

seemeyer wrote:

Shirib wrote:Habar means mother

hyena is waraabe

whats wrong with you

The hyena and the jackal together are called Habar dugag
What's wrong with you

Never heard of that,

isn't digaag dugaag chicken?

maxaa gudhuu & huuno gala haysta

Shirib wrote:isn't digaag dugaag chicken?

digaag = chicken
dugaag = predator
habar dugaag = predators (lions, hyenas, leopards etc)
Ugaadh = preys (usually the herbivores)
Ugaadhsi = hunting (i.e. for prey)

Now can someone educate me about the meaning of the Habar in Habar Awal? if the man's name is Awal or Cabdul Raxmaan, and his son's named Zubeyr, where does the Habar come from???

^Awal had packs of sons and together they were hunter gatherers hence habar-awal.

<<--Saciid muuse historian

^^
That's the ticket Skipp'
Now about thev"Habar" in Awal.originalu Ayub and Awal as an alliance were called
"Habr Awal together,but as Ayub increased in number they broke away but Awal kept the pre=fix Habar

Advo wrote:Saciid muuse historian

Seemeyer, my question is where does the Habar come from... unless Ayuub's mother was a daughter of Awal, which does not make sense as it'd mean that Ol' man Awal did it to his daughter to sire Ayuub

Skippa wrote:

Advo wrote:Saciid muuse historian

Seemeyer, my question is where does the Habar come from... unless Ayuub's mother was a daughter of Awal, which does not make sense as it'd mean that Ol' man Awal did it to his daughter to sire Ayuub

Well when Awal(Abdulrahman) died, Ayub married (DUMAALEY) Subiers mum ,
So some of Ayubs kids have the same mum as Subeir Awal
that's where the "Habar" is from

Got it! thanks for enlightening me.

Skippa wrote:Got it! thanks for enlightening me.

I didn't know reer waqooyi used the word dhurwaa. I thought they were just familiar with waraabe.