makhluk

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay makhluk, from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, “creature”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmaxluk/ [ˈmax.lʊk̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -axluk
  • Syllabification: 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]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْلُوق (maḵlūq, “creature”).

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈmaxluk/ [ˈmax.luʔ]
    • Audio (MY-zsm):(file)
  • Rhymes: -axluk, -uk
  • Hyphenation: makh‧luk

Noun

makhluk (Jawi spelling مخلوق, plural makhluk-makhluk or makhluk2)

  1. creature; being

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: makhluk (inherited)

Further reading

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