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 (see محكمة) has been adopted with adaptations in the wider Muslim world (see at Wiktionary), with derivatives in Persian, Turkish, Hindi and/or Urdu, Indonesian and/or Malay, etc.[1] The transliterated spelling makhama can also occur.[2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Rajki, András (2005). Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies, entry "mahhkama". Accessed 5 Sep 2018.
  2. ^ Crabitès, Pierre. "The Courts of Egypt", in American Bar Association Journal, vol. 11, no. 8, 1925, pp. 485–91. Accessed 2 May 2024 via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Turner, Bertram. "Technologies of truth finding", in Cahiers d'anthropoligie sociale 2016/1 No. 13, pp. 60-77 (65), ISBN 9782851973832, Edition de l'Herne. Accessed 2 May 2024.