tohara
Appearance
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic طَهَارَة (ṭahāra).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tohara class IX (plural tohara class X)
- (religion) (ritual) cleanliness, purity
- (medicine) circumcision
Derived terms
[edit]- Verbal derivations:
- Causative: -toharisha
Related terms
[edit]- -tahiri (“to circumcise”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193 Nr. 1724