tohara
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic طَهَارَة (ṭahāra).[1]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
tohara class IX (plural tohara class X)
- (religion) (ritual) cleanliness, purity
- (medicine) circumcision
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -toharisha
- Nominal derivations:
Related terms
- -tahiri (“to circumcise”)
See also
References
- ^ 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 193 Nr. 1724