hakikat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hakikat, hakekat, from Classical Malay hakekat, hakékat, hakikat, haqiqa, haqiqat, from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa, “truth, reality”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haˈkikat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ki‧kat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

hakikat (plural hakikat-hakikat, first-person possessive hakikatku, second-person possessive hakikatmu, third-person possessive hakikatnya)

1. essence, nature, base

   Synonym: dasar

2. truth, reality

   Synonyms: kebenaran, kenyataan

Derived terms

• berhakikat

 

Further reading

• “hakikat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حقیقت (hakikat), from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.ci.katʲ/

• Audio:

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Noun

hakikat (definite accusative hakikati, plural hakikatler)

1. fact
2. truth
3. reality

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	hakikat
Definite accusative	hakikati
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hakikat	hakikatler
Definite accusative	hakikati	hakikatleri
Dative	hakikate	hakikatlere
Locative	hakikatte	hakikatlerde
Ablative	hakikatten	hakikatlerden
Genitive	hakikatin	hakikatlerin

Derived terms

• hakikaten (“really, truly”)
• hakikatli (“faithful, true”)
• hakikatsiz (“unfaithful, disloyal”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hakikat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük