ihsan

ihsan (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The practice of showing one's faith in deed and action, as though watched by Allah.

• ehsan

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān, “excellence; perfection; doing well”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈsan/ [ʔɪˈsan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ih‧san

ihsán (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜈ᜔) (Islam)

1. ihsan (act of doing good or being good as if God watches)

• hinas, sanhi, hinsa

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish احسان (iḥsān, “a being good or beautiful, an acting well, doing one's duty well towards God, an acting kindly”),^[1][2] from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān), verbal noun of أَحْسَنَ (ʔaḥsana, “to do or act well, to do or act right”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ihˈsan/
• Hyphenation: ih‧san

ihsan (definite accusative ihsanı, plural ihsanlar)

1. An act of doing something good, being good.
2. An act of giving to charity, donating.
3. A thing that is donated.

   Synonyms: bağış, inayet, lütuf, (dated) atıfet, (dated) kayra

4. An aid done without expecting a return; a favor.

   Synonym: iyilik

• “ihsan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ihsan²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2112