The Afrikaans word for 'dumb' or a stupid person; used as a noun in South African English.
From Dutch 'dom' (stupid) via Afrikaans. Dutch and Afrikaans share Germanic roots related to 'dumb' (meaning unable to speak), which evolved to mean stupid.
In Afrikaans and Dutch, the word for 'dumb' (unable to speak) and 'dumb' (stupid) merged completely, whereas English kept them partially separate—showing how meanings drift differently across related languages!
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