mahakama
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Swahili[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
mahakama (n class, plural mahakama)
Usage notes[edit]
This noun is occasionally treated as being a plural of the ma class.
Derived terms[edit]
- mahakama kuu (“high court”)
- mahakama ya rufani (“appellate court”)
References[edit]
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) 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