makhluk

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay makhluk, from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, creature).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaxlʊk̚/
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  • Rhymes: -lʊk, -ʊk, -k
  • Hyphenation: makh‧luk

Noun

makhluk (plural makhluk-makhluk or para makhluk)

  1. creature, being, creation of God

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, creature).

Noun

makhluk (Jawi spelling مخلوق, plural makhluk-makhluk, informal 1st possessive makhlukku, 2nd possessive makhlukmu, 3rd possessive makhluknya)

  1. creature, being

Derived terms

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