wakala

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وِكالة (wikāla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

wakala class V (plural mawakala class VI)

  1. an agency (business of one entrusted with the concerns of another)
  2. an agent from an agency (one who acts in place of another)