mahakama

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Swahili[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

mahakama (n class, plural mahakama)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
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