Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

walima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wal-i-ma
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The marriage banquet held as part of an Islamic wedding.

Etymology

From Arabic وَلِيمَة (walīma).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: وَلِيمَة, و ل م

Inflected Forms

walimas (plural) walimah (alternative)

Questions

What does walima mean?: The marriage banquet held as part of an Islamic wedding.
Where does walima come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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