nafkah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nafkah, from Classical Malay nafkah, nafakat, nafqah, nafqat, from Arabic نَفَقَ (nafaqa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnafkah/ [ˈnaf.kah]
  • Rhymes: -afkah
  • Syllabification: naf‧kah

Noun

nafkah

  1. livelihood, subsistence
  2. alms, charity
    Synonyms: sedekah, derma, infak