istigfar

See also: istiğfar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay istighfar, from Arabic اِسْتِغْفَار (istiḡfār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈtɪʔfar/
• Rhymes: -far, -ar, -r
• Hyphenation: is‧tig‧far

Noun

istigfar (plural istigfar-istigfar, first-person possessive istigfarku, second-person possessive istigfarmu, third-person possessive istigfarnya)

1. (Islam) istighfar: Act of asking God for forgiveness.

Alternative forms

• istighfar

Derived terms

• beristigfar

 

Further reading

• “istigfar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.