faham

English

Noun

faham (uncountable)

  1. The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans) of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for faham in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, understanding).

Verb

faham

  1. to understand
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