Malagasy edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay sembelih, sembeleh, possibly from Arabic بِٱسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ (bismi llāhi, literally in the name of God).[1] Compare Tagalog sumbáli.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /suˈᵐbili/, [suˈᵐbilʲ]

Noun edit

sombily

  1. slaughter (killing of an animal for food)
  2. (specifically) dhabihah (Muslim ritual slaughter)

References edit

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (1995) “Asian roots of the Malagasy; A linguistic perspective”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, volume 151, number 3, Leiden: Brill, →DOI, pages 325-356