istibra

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay istibra, from Arabic اِسْتِبْرَاء (istibrāʔ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪsˈtɪpra(ʔ)/
  • Hyphenation: is‧tib‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ra, -a

Verb

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istibra (base-imperative-colloquial istibra)

  1. (Islam) to abstinence from sexual intercourse.
  2. (Islam) to inquiry into the purity

Further reading

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