huruma

Kiswahili · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

huruma

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma).

noun huruma

class ix mercy, compassion, pity, sympathy
Similar: rehema, shufaka

In English

compassion deep awareness of the suffering of another
mercy relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"huruma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/huruma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

huruma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/huruma

Chicago

"huruma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/huruma.

BibTeX

@misc{huruma_2026,
  title = {huruma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/huruma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}