almarhum

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• alm. (abbreviation)
• marhum

Etymology

Inherited from Malay Almarhum, from Classical Malay المرحوم (almarhum), مرحوم (marhum), from Arabic المَرْحُوم (al-marḥūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmarhʊm/
• Rhymes: -hʊm, -ʊm, -m
• Hyphenation: al‧mar‧hum

Adjective

almarhum (not comparable)

1. (euphemistic) The deceased, dead; the departed: A term of address, typically in reference to a male 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

almarhum (plural almarhum-almarhum or para almarhum)

1. (euphemistic) The deceased, dead; the departed. (typically in reference to a man)

Usage notes

Note that unlike English late, the usage of almarhum 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

• almarhumah

Further reading

• “almarhum”, 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