mahakama

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

mahakama class IX (plural mahakama class X)

  1. court (place where law is administered)
    Synonym: korti

Usage notes

This noun is occasionally treated as being a plural of the ma class.

Derived terms

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 79 Nr. 688
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