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Borrowed from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).[1]

imara (invariable)

1. strong (capable of producing great physical force)
   Antonym: hafifu
2. firm, stable

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -imarisha (“strengthen, stabilize”)
  • Stative: -imarika (“be firm, be stable”)
• Nominal derivations:
  • uimara (“stability, firmness”)

1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215 Nr. 1942

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