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Buhle

Xhosa and Ndebele for "beauty" or "handsomeness", the noun formed from the root -hle, "good, beautiful".

Meaning and origin

Buhle takes the same -hle root behind names such as Asemahle and turns it into the abstract noun ubuhle, "beauty", shortened to the everyday name Buhle.

How to pronounce Buhle

Xhosa (South Africa)BOO-hleh /ˈɓuːɬɛ/

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