The
Darod (, ) is a
Somali clan. The father of this clan is named
Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, but is more commonly known as
Darod. In the
Somali language, the word
Daarood means "an enclosed compound," a conflation of the two words
daar (compound) and
ood (place enclosed by wall, trees, woods, fence, etc.).