majeruhi
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Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic مَجْرُوح (majrūḥ).[1] By surface analysis, ma- + -jeruhi (“to wound, to injure”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun[edit]
majeruhi (n class, plural majeruhi)
- a wounded person (person suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle)
References[edit]
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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 57 Nr. 464