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ahjuma

ahjuma is the alternative spelling of ajumma.

Meaning of ajumma

Noun

ajumma (plural ajummas)

  1. (Korea) A married middle-aged Korean woman.
    • We were standing in the heart of the jimjilbang^([sic]), or Korean bathhouse, in a steaming, all-female bathing room where scrubs are administered (as they are across the land) by strict middle-aged women, more than a few of them with potbellies, who wear nothing but sexy black lace bras and...2014 February 9, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea's Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022

Forms of ahjuma

pluralahjumas

Questions about ahjuma

What is ahjuma the alternative spelling of?
Ahjuma is the alternative spelling of ajumma.

Words near ahjuma in the dictionary

  1. Ahithophels
  2. Ahitophel
  3. Ahitophels
  4. Ahivaffushi
  5. AHJ
  6. ahjuma
  7. ahjumas
  8. Ahjumawi
  9. ahjumma
  10. ahjummas
  11. ahjushi

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