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dhabihah

/zəˈbiːhə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dhabi-hah
IPA
/zəˈbiːhə/
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The prescribed Islamic method of ritual slaughter of animals to produce halal meat, consisting of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the throat, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.

Uncountable

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism, derived from ذَبِيحَة (ḏabīḥa, “slaughtered animal”)

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dhabiha (alternative) zabeeha (alternative) zabiha (alternative) zabihah (alternative) dhabīḥah (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dhabihah?
The recorded pronunciation is /zəˈbiːhə/.
What does dhabihah mean?
The prescribed Islamic method of ritual slaughter of animals to produce halal meat, consisting of a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the throat, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides but leaving the spinal cord intact.
Where does dhabihah come from?
Pseudo-Arabism, derived from ذَبِيحَة (ḏabīḥa, “slaughtered animal”)

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