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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