مستحق

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Arabic

Root
ح ق ق (ḥ q q)
21 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa, to deserve).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُسْتَحِقّ (mustaḥiqq) (feminine مُسْتَحِقَّة (mustaḥiqqa), masculine plural مُسْتَحِقُّونَ (mustaḥiqqūna), feminine plural مُسْتَحِقَّات (mustaḥiqqāt))

  1. active participle of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa)
  2. worthy, deserving, meritorious

Declension

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A merger of Arabic مُسْتَحِقّ (mustaḥiqq) and مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq), participles of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa).

Adjective

مستحق (müstahak or müstahik)

  1. deserving; earned, due

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mustahaqq
Dari reading? mustahaqq
Iranian reading? mostahağğ
Tajik reading? mustahaqq

Adjective

مستحق (mostahaqq)

  1. deserving; worthy
    Synonyms: سزاوار (sazâvâr), لایق (lâyeq)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:
      هر چند مستحق عذابیم ما ولی
      ایزد به ما ز لطف ببخشد عذاب را
      har čand mostahaqq-e azâb-im mâ vali
      izad be mâ ze lotf bebaxšad azâb râ
      Though we deserve to be tormented,
      God out of grace remits our torments.