miskin

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English

Etymology

Perhaps music +‎ -kin.

Noun

miskin (plural miskins)

  1. (obsolete, music) A little bagpipe.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, Pastorals II: The Second Eclogue‎, published 1619:
      Now would I tune my Miskins on this Greene,

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “miskin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

miskin (comparative daha miskin, superlative ən miskin)

  1. wretched
    Synonyms: binəva, zavallı

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

miskin

  1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

  1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

Descendants

  • Indonesian: miskin

Further reading

Maltese

Root
m-s-k-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

miskin (feminine singular miskina, plural msieken, diminutive msejken)

  1. poor (inspiring pity)
    Synonym: povru

Maranao

Etymology

From Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

  1. poor, needy

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسكین (“poor; pitiful; leprous”), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin

  1. idle; tending to sloth
  2. (obsolete) poor, unfortunate

See also

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