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Mahkama Of Algiers
''Mahkama'' ( ar, مَحْكَمَة ''maḥkama''), also spelled ''mahkamah'', is an Arabic term meaning 'court'Rajki, András (2005)''Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies'' entry "mahhkama". Accessed 5 Sep 2018. or 'courthouse' in a Muslim context, so a Sharia court. The Arabic word (see wikt:محكمة, محكمة) has been adopted with adaptations in the wider Muslim world (see wikt:mahkama, mahkama), with derivatives in Farsi, Persian, Turkish language, Turkish, Hindi and/or Urdu, Indonesian language, Indonesian and/or Malay language, Malay, etc. The transliterated spelling ''makhama'' can also occur.Turner, Bertram"Technologies of truth finding" in ''Cahiers d'anthropoligie sociale'' 2016/1 No. 13, pp. 60-77 (65), , Edition de l'Herne. Accessed 2 May 2024. Examples * Mahkama Building (Jerusalem) or Tankiziyya, built in 1328–1330 during Mamluk Egypt, Mamluk rule, it housed various institutions: a ''madrasa'' (school), a school specialised in ''hadith'' studies, a Sufi ''khanka'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
