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Meer vs Xeer - What's the difference?

meer | xeer |

As nouns the difference between meer and xeer

is that meer is sea while xeer is the traditional legal system of somalia, believed to predate islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.

meer

English

Etymology 1

See mere.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A boundary.
  • (a lake).

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • * John Enty
    • For, is this more contrary to Scripture
  • * Isaac Watts
    • And so we may have an ever-growing Idea of infinite Number'' as well as ''infinite Space'' or ''Emptiness , yet it is a meer Idea, and hath no real Existence without us.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    xeer

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia xeer)
  • The traditional legal system of Somalia, believed to predate Islam, in which elders serve as mediators and people are responsible for the actions of their families.
  • * 1977 , David D Laitin, Politics, language, and thought: the Somali experience?
    • It arranges for settlement of collective debts, discusses xeer dealings with central authorities, maintains the group wells, and protects grazing areas.
  • * 2005 , Walter Dostal, Wolfgang Kraus, Shattering tradition: custom, law and the individual in the Muslim Mediterranean
    • In rural areas, there is still confusion between xeer and shari'a.
  • * 2007 , Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, State recognition and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • The key feature of the xeer is its common law character...