Where does “Mogadishu” come from?

Mogadishu comes from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو, of unknown ultimate origin.

Mogadishu (English): The government of Somalia

Definitions

  1. The government of Somalia

Ancestry of “Mogadishu”, step by step

Mogadishu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic مَقَدِيشُو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَقَدِيشُو—
2Persian[[شاه]] [[مقعد]]—

via Somali Muqdishu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SomaliMuqdishu—
2Persianمقعد شاهMaq’ad-i-šah

Words derived from “Mogadishu”

Every word from Persian [[شاه]] [[مقعد]] →Every word from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو →