fakih

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh, “jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic jurisprudence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfa.kɪh]
• Hyphenation: fa‧kih

Noun

fakih (plural fakih-fakih)

1. (Islam, law) faqih: an expert in Islamic law

   Synonyms: ahli hukum Islam, ahli fikih

Alternative forms

• faqih (nonstandard)

Related terms

• fikih

Further reading

• “fakih”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016