huruma - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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    * 1.3.1 Derived terms
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Borrowed from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).[1]

huruma class IX (plural **huruma class X)

1. mercy, compassion, pity, sympathy
   Synonyms: rehema, shufaka

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -hurumia

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. 1053

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