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Where does “mur” come from?

mur (Hausa) comes from Arabic مُرّ — bitter, severe, sharp, painful; myrrh.

mur (Hausa): myrrh

Definitions

  1. myrrh

Ancestry of “mur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمُرّbitter, severe, sharp, painful; myrrh
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