मरहूम

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مرحوم (marhūm), from Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm). Compare Punjabi ਮਰਹੂਮ (marhūm) / مَرحُوم (marḥūm), Gujarati મરહૂમ (marhūm), Sindhi مَرَحُومُ / मरहूम, Bengali মরহুম (morhum).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /məɾ.ɦuːm/, [mɐɾ.ɦũːm]

Adjective

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मरहूम (marhūm) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مَرْحُوم)

  1. (euphemistic) deceased, the late, dead
    Synonyms: मुरदा (murdā), मृत (mŕt), स्वर्गवासी (svargavāsī), स्वर्गीय (svargīya)

Further reading

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