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مستحق

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Arabic

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Root
ح ق ق (ḥ q q)
21 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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Descendants

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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مستحق (müstahak or müstahik)

  1. deserving; earned, due
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Descendants

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References

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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مستحق (mostahaqq)

  1. deserving; worthy
    Synonyms: سزاوار (sazâvâr), لایق (lâyeq)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی[3]:
      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.