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Borrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ).[1]

furaha class IX (no plural)

1. joy (feeling of happiness)
   Synonym: bashasha
   Antonyms: huzuni, simanzi

• -furahi

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 229 Nr. 2104

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