almarhumah

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === almh. (abbreviation) marhumah === Etymology === Inherited from Malay Almarhumah, from Classical Malay المرحومة, from Arabic الْمَرْحُومَة (al-marḥūma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /almarˈhumah/ Rhymes: -mah, -ah, -h Hyphenation: al‧mar‧hu‧mah === Adjective === almarhumah (not comparable) (euphemistic) The deceased, dead; the departed: A term of address, in reference to a female individual, used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.) === Noun === almarhumah (plural almarhumah-almarhumah or para almarhumah) (euphemistic) The deceased, dead; the departed. (in reference to a woman) ==== Usage notes ==== Note that unlike English late, the usage of almarhumah is not temporally bound to recency. The term is thus used as a general honorific term of reference to the deceased, irrespective of time passed since one's death. ==== Synonyms ==== mendiang ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “almarhumah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016