makhluk

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay makhluk, from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, “creature”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmaxluk/ [ˈmax.lʊk̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axluk
  • Syllabification: makh‧luk

Noun

makhluk (plural makhluk-makhluk or para makhluk)

  1. creature, being, creation of God

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, “creature”).

Noun

makhluk (Jawi spelling مخلوق, plural makhluk-makhluk)

  1. creature, being

Derived terms

Further reading

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