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Aw is Cushtic somali, its not a loan word, i read the reference it doesnt say it was even a loan word, once again you are trying to commit history revisionism . If you want to debate it show a reference older than 17th centuary. If anything its a loan word the eastern gurage-harari dialect that has taken it
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{{Short description|Honorific title in the Harari and Somali languages}}
{{Short description|Honorific title in the Somali and languages}}
'''Aw''' (sometimes spelled ''Au'')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cerulli |first1=Enrico |title=Islam yesterday and today |page=389 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-LkxaXWZopjLCFEuWm8wnly2lh4WvFp/view}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=Ewald |title=Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar |journal=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft |year=1973 |volume=123 |issue=2 |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |page=273 |jstor=43370590 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43370590}}</ref> is an [[honorific]] title in the [[Harari language|Harari]] and [[Somali language|Somali]] languages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adam |first1=Hussein |title=The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies |year=1992 |publisher=Scholars press |page=157 |isbn=9780891306580 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Proceedings_of_the_First_Internation/mM8tAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=harari+title+aw&dq=harari+title+aw&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><ref name="Lewis90">{{harvcoltxt|Lewis|1998|p=90}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lindahl |first1=Bernhard |title=Local history of Ethiopia |publisher=Nordic Africa Institute |page=14 |url=https://nai.uu.se/download/18.39fca04516faedec8b248c17/1580827183104/ORTAST05.pdf}}</ref> It is used widely and most commonly in the Somali territories.<ref name="Ifla">{{cite book|author1=IFLA Committee on Cataloguing |author2=IFLA International Office for UBC. |author3=IFLA International Programme for UBC. |author4=IFLA UBCIM Programme|title=International cataloguing: quarterly bulletin of the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, Volume 11|year=1987|publisher=The Committee|pages=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IpBAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> During his research in the ancient town of [[Amud]], the historian [[G.W.B. Huntingford]] noticed that whenever an old site had the prefix ''Aw'' in its name (such as the ruins of [[Awbare]] and [[Awbube]]),<ref name="Lewis90">{{harvcoltxt|Lewis|1998|p=90}}</ref> it denoted the final resting place of a local saint.<ref>G.W.B. Huntingford, "The Town of Amud, Somalia", ''Azania'', '''13''' (1978), p. 184</ref> It commonly designates a father, respected elder or [[Wali|saint]] in [[Harari language|Harari]] and [[Somali language|Somali]] languages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ben-Dror |first1=Avishai |title=Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar |date=23 August 2018 |publisher=Syracuse University press |page=15 |isbn=9780815654315 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Emirate_Egyptian_Ethiopian/p3N0DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%C3%A3w+avishai&pg=PA15&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Transactions of the Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts Volume 1 page 164</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara page 47</ref> Most notably applied to the founder of Harar Aw [[Abadir]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bausi |first1=Alessandro |title=Aw |publisher=Encyclopedia Aethiopica |url=https://en.sewasew.com/p/aw}}</ref> The term has been adopted by various [[Somalis|Somali]] clans from Harari language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Banti |first1=Giorgio |title=Strata in Semitic loanwords in Northern Somali |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |page=192 |url=https://www.academia.edu/5529034}}</ref> According to the Somali [[Geledi]] clan, the appellation Aw is used amongst them however more devoutly between those of [[Habesha peoples|Habasha]] descent and patricians.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lattin |first1=David |title=Politics, Language, and Thought The Somali Experience |date=May 1977 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |page=195 |isbn=9780226467917 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Politics_Language_and_Thought/LR8A4tEYZUAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=geledi+aw+father&pg=PA195&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> Sorcerers among the [[Arsi Oromo]] are known as Awan Shan which is derived from the title Aw.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukamper |first1=Ulrich |title=Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia |year=2002 |publisher=Lit |page=161 |isbn=9783825856717 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Islamic_History_and_Culture_in_Southern/HGnyk8Pg9NgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=awan+is+derived+from+aw+ulrich&pg=PA161&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>
'''Aw''' (sometimes spelled ''Au'')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cerulli |first1=Enrico |title=Islam yesterday and today |page=389 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-LkxaXWZopjLCFEuWm8wnly2lh4WvFp/view}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=Ewald |title=Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar |journal=Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft |year=1973 |volume=123 |issue=2 |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |page=273 |jstor=43370590 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43370590}}</ref> is an [[honorific]] title in the [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Harari language|Harari]] language.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Adam |first1=Hussein |title=The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies |year=1992 |publisher=Scholars press |page=157 |isbn=9780891306580 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Proceedings_of_the_First_Internation/mM8tAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=harari+title+aw&dq=harari+title+aw&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><ref name="Lewis90">{{harvcoltxt|Lewis|1998|p=90}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Lindahl |first1=Bernhard |title=Local history of Ethiopia |publisher=Nordic Africa Institute |page=14 |url=https://nai.uu.se/download/18.39fca04516faedec8b248c17/1580827183104/ORTAST05.pdf}}</ref> It is used widely and most commonly in the Somali territories.<ref name="Ifla">{{cite book|author1=IFLA Committee on Cataloguing |author2=IFLA International Office for UBC. |author3=IFLA International Programme for UBC. |author4=IFLA UBCIM Programme|title=International cataloguing: quarterly bulletin of the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, Volume 11|year=1987|publisher=The Committee|pages=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IpBAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> During his research in the ancient town of [[Amud]], the historian [[G.W.B. Huntingford]] noticed that whenever an old site had the prefix ''Aw'' in its name (such as the ruins of [[Awbare]] and [[Awbube]]),<ref name="Lewis90">{{harvcoltxt|Lewis|1998|p=90}}</ref> it denoted the final resting place of a local saint.<ref>G.W.B. Huntingford, "The Town of Amud, Somalia", ''Azania'', '''13''' (1978), p. 184</ref> It commonly designates a father, respected elder or [[Wali|saint]] in [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Harari language|Harari]] languages.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ben-Dror |first1=Avishai |title=Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar |date=23 August 2018 |publisher=Syracuse University press |page=15 |isbn=9780815654315 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Emirate_Egyptian_Ethiopian/p3N0DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%C3%A3w+avishai&pg=PA15&printsec=frontcover}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Transactions of the Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts Volume 1 page 164</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara page 47</ref> Most notably applied to the founder of Harar Aw [[Abadir]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bausi |first1=Alessandro |title=Aw |publisher=Encyclopedia Aethiopica |url=https://en.sewasew.com/p/aw}}</ref> According to the Somali [[Geledi]] clan, the appellation Aw is used amongst them however more devoutly between those of [[Habesha peoples|Habasha]] descent and patricians.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lattin |first1=David |title=Politics, Language, and Thought The Somali Experience |date=May 1977 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |page=195 |isbn=9780226467917 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Politics_Language_and_Thought/LR8A4tEYZUAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=geledi+aw+father&pg=PA195&printsec=frontcover}}</ref> Sorcerers among the [[Arsi Oromo]] are known as Awan Shan which is derived from the title Aw.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukamper |first1=Ulrich |title=Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia |year=2002 |publisher=Lit |page=161 |isbn=9783825856717 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Islamic_History_and_Culture_in_Southern/HGnyk8Pg9NgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=awan+is+derived+from+aw+ulrich&pg=PA161&printsec=frontcover}}</ref>


People with the title include:
People with the title include:

Revision as of 11:53, 3 October 2023

Aw (sometimes spelled Au)[1][2] is an honorific title in the Somali and Harari language.[3][4][5] It is used widely and most commonly in the Somali territories.[6] During his research in the ancient town of Amud, the historian G.W.B. Huntingford noticed that whenever an old site had the prefix Aw in its name (such as the ruins of Awbare and Awbube),[4] it denoted the final resting place of a local saint.[7] It commonly designates a father, respected elder or saint in Somali and Harari languages.[8][9][10] Most notably applied to the founder of Harar Aw Abadir.[11] According to the Somali Geledi clan, the appellation Aw is used amongst them however more devoutly between those of Habasha descent and patricians.[12] Sorcerers among the Arsi Oromo are known as Awan Shan which is derived from the title Aw.[13]

People with the title include:

  • Aw Barkhadle, saint
  • Aw Abdal, saint
  • Aw Ali Hamdogn, saint and scholar
  • Aw Umar Ziad, saint
  • Aw Seid, saint

Further reading

  • Emile Foucher, Names of Mussulmans venerated in Harrar and its Surroundings A List. Harrassowitz Verlag, 1988

References

  1. ^ Cerulli, Enrico. Islam yesterday and today. p. 389.
  2. ^ Wagner, Ewald (1973). "Eine Liste der Heiligen von Harar". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. 123 (2). Harrassowitz Verlag: 273. JSTOR 43370590.
  3. ^ Adam, Hussein (1992). The Proceedings of the First International Congress of Somali Studies. Scholars press. p. 157. ISBN 9780891306580.
  4. ^ a b Lewis (1998:90)
  5. ^ Lindahl, Bernhard. Local history of Ethiopia (PDF). Nordic Africa Institute. p. 14.
  6. ^ IFLA Committee on Cataloguing; IFLA International Office for UBC.; IFLA International Programme for UBC.; IFLA UBCIM Programme (1987). International cataloguing: quarterly bulletin of the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, Volume 11. The Committee. p. 24.
  7. ^ G.W.B. Huntingford, "The Town of Amud, Somalia", Azania, 13 (1978), p. 184
  8. ^ Ben-Dror, Avishai (23 August 2018). Emirate, Egyptian, Ethiopian Colonial Experiences in Late Nineteenth-Century Harar. Syracuse University press. p. 15. ISBN 9780815654315.
  9. ^ Transactions of the Somali Academy of Sciences and Arts Volume 1 page 164
  10. ^ Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara page 47
  11. ^ Bausi, Alessandro. Aw. Encyclopedia Aethiopica.
  12. ^ Lattin, David (May 1977). Politics, Language, and Thought The Somali Experience. University of Chicago Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780226467917.
  13. ^ Braukamper, Ulrich (2002). Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Lit. p. 161. ISBN 9783825856717.

Sources

  • Lewis, I. M. (1998). Saints and Somalis : popular Islam in a clan-based society. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Red Sea Press. ISBN 9781569021033.


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