Feminine
mortaja
shroud (dress for the dead)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
mor‧ta‧ja
Pronounced as (IPA)
/moɾˈtaxa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin mortualia. Cognate to Portuguese mortalha.
Leichentuch
linceul
sudario
lijkwade
kefen
كفن
σάβανο
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