majeruhi

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَجْرُوح (majrūḥ).[1] By surface analysis, ma- +‎ -jeruhi (“to wound, to injure”).

Pronunciation
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Noun

majeruhi (n class, plural majeruhi)

  1. a wounded person (person suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle)

References
  1. 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
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