mahakama
Swahili
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmahakama (n class, plural mahakama)
Usage notes
editThis 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