shabaha

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Swahili

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Etymology

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The abstract meaning and probably also the form point to Arabic origin. If so, perhaps from Arabic شُبْهة (šubha, suspicion, supposition), seen as an incentive to act.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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shabaha (n class, plural shabaha)

  1. objective, aim