mahakama

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• (uncommon) mahkama, mahakma

From Arabic مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama).^[1]

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mahakama (n class, plural mahakama)

1. court (place where law is administered)

   Synonym: korti

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

• mahakama kuu (“high court”)
• mahakama ya rufani (“appellate court”)