mustahik

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mustahik (first-person possessive mustahikku, second-person possessive mustahikmu, third-person possessive mustahiknya)

1. one who deserves; deserver

Related terms

• mustahak

Further reading

• “mustahik” 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.