mamlaka
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Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a noun form of Arabic مَلَكَ (malaka).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamlaka (ma class, plural only)
Usage notes
[edit]This word is morphologically plural but semantically singular. If a plural sense is required, it may be put in the n class.
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 281 Nr. 2658