jedhamu

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جُذَام (juḏām).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ʄɛˈðɑ.mu/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

jedhamu class IX (plural jedhamu class X)

  1. (dated) leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
    Synonym: ukoma

References

  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 56 Nr. 455
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