marehemu

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

marehemu (invariable)

  1. (used postpositively) the late (euphemism for "dead")

See also

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117 Nr. 1055
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