rakaa

See also: räkää and raka'a

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَكْعَة (rakʕa).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

rakaa class IX (plural rakaa class X)

  1. (Islam) A cycle of Islamic prayer involving a single iteration of bowing and double prostration.

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 125 Nr. 1115
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