dhehebu

Swahili

Etymology

Backformation from the plural form madhehebu, from Arabic مَذْهَب (maḏhab) or its plural مَذاهِب (maḏāhib).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

dhehebu class V (plural madhehebu class VI)

  1. (religion) denomination, sect

References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112 Nr. 997
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