Mahkamah

Mahkamah (Arabic: المحكمة‎) is a word of Arabic origin which usually translates to "court". In some countries, the word has become synonymous with the idea of the judiciary.

Usual couplings (Arabic)

• Supreme Court (Arabic: المحكمة العليا‎‎‎, Al-Mahkamah al-‘Ulyā)
• Court of Cassation (Al-Mahkamah al-Naqd in Egypt, Mahkamat-al-Tamyiz in Lebanon and Syria)
• Court of Appeal (Al-Mahkamah al-Isti'naf)
• Court of First Instance (Al-Mahkamah al-Ibtidaiyah)
• Constitutional court (Arabic: المحكمة الدستورية‎, Al-Mahkamah al-Dustūrīyah)

In other languages

• Malay: Mahkamah Malaysia (lit. Judiciary of Malaysia)