Etymology

HEMA

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Today it means: An ethnic group of Nilotic origin who are concentrated in parts of Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Full definition →

Sanskrit हेमा
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromहेमा“gold”
  2. English todayHema

Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमा (hemā, “gold”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.