Where does “mayat” come from?

mayat (Malay) comes from Arabic ميت, from Arabic مَيِّت — dead.

mayat (Malay): corpse

Definitions

  1. corpse

Ancestry of “mayat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicميتdead; active participle of مَاتَ
2Arabicمَيِّتdead

Words derived from “mayat”

Every word from Arabic مَيِّت →Every word from Arabic ميت →
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