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A garland of flowers and/or leaves to be worn around the neck (not to be confused with the Romanian lei, plural of leu, meaning the currency). Link: lūʻau: A Hawaiian feast. [luːˈʔɐw] Link: Mahalo: Thank you. Link: Mahi-mahi: Dolphin fish; the word means "very strong." [ˈmɐhiˈmɐhi] Link: Mana: Magical or spiritual power. Manō
The Mehri [note 1] (Arabic: المهرة), also known as the al-Mahrah tribe (Arabic: قبيلة المهرة), are an Arab [citation needed] ethnographic group primarily inhabiting South Arabia especially in the Al-Mahra Governorate in Yemen and the island of Socotra in the Guardafui Channel. They are named after Mahra bin Haydan.
[12] [13] [14] The most commonly used modified Arabic additional letters as documented in use (e.g., in text messages, email, etc.) by the MSAL centre at the University of Leeds; [15] a proposed set of additional letters for the Arabic alphabet to adapt it to be able to be a good systemic for writing MSAL languages (including Mehri) by that ...
al-Khansā' is the medieval Arabic exonym for the city of Hangzhou, it was named as such after the companion of Muhammad and famous female poet, Tumāḍir al-Khansā'. al-Khansā' translates to "snub-nosed", an Arabic epithet for a gazelle as metaphor for beauty.
According to the traditions of the community, the word Mahimal comes from the Persian word māhi (ماهی) meaning fish and the Arabic word mallāḥ (ملاح) meaning boatman. [ citation needed ] The Mahimal are said to become Muslims through the efforts of the Sufi saint , Shah Jalal , and his disciples. [ 2 ]
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Mahi Beamer (born 1928), Hawaiian singer and hula dancer; Mahi Binebine (born 1959), Moroccan painter and novelist; Mahi B. Chowdhury (born 1969), Bangladeshi politician; Mahi Gill, Indian actress; Mahi Khennane (born 1936), French-Algerian footballer; Mahi V Raghav, Indian film producer and writer
The Farsi 'mahi', meaning “fish,” has an Indo-Iranian origins. It is related to the words 'masya' in Avesta, 'mahik' in Pahlavi/Middle Persian, 'mastya' in Sanskrit, 'mohi' in Gilaki, and 'masi' in Lori and Kurdish. It is a mere coincidence that the word 'mahi' exists in both Hawaiian and Persia, there is no linguistic relation.