مەرھۇم

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic مەرھۇم
Latin merhum‍
Cyrillic мәрһум (merhum)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm), passive participle of رَحِمَ (raḥima, “to have mercy, to have compassion upon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛrhum/

Adjective

مەرھۇم • (merhum)

  1. deceased, late

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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