makmum

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay makmum, from Arabic مَأْمُوْمٌ (maʔmuwmun).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʔmʊm/
  • Rhymes: -mʊm, -ʊm, -m
  • Hyphenation: mak‧mum

Noun

makmum (plural makmum-makmum)

  1. (Islam) congregation, who repeats prayers after their imam
  2. follower
    Synonyms: pengikut, penurut

Derived terms

  • bermakmum
  • dimakmumi
  • memakmumi
  • makmum masbuk

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

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