mustahik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic مُسْتَحِقّ (mustaḥiqq, deserving; one who deserves), from the active participle of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊsˈtahɪk̚/
  • Rhymes: -hɪk, -ɪk, -k
  • Hyphenation: mus‧ta‧hik

Noun

mustahik (plural mustahik-mustahik)

  1. one who deserves; deserver

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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