Mahkama (Arabic: مَحْكَمَة maḥkama), also spelled mahkamah, is an Arabic term meaning 'court'[1] or 'courthouse' in a Muslim context, so a Sharia court. The Arabic word has been adopted with adaptations in the wider Muslim world, with derivatives in Persian, Turkish, Hindi and/or Urdu, Indonesian and/or Malay, etc.[1]
References
- ^ a b Rajki, András (2005). Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies, entry "mahhkama". Accessed 5 Sep 2018.