miskin

See also: Miskin

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

miskin (comparative daha miskin, superlative ən miskin)

1. wretched

   Synonyms: binəva, zavallı

Derived terms

• miskinlik

Central Sama

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy; indigent

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kismin (slang)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiskin/ [ˈmis.kɪn]

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• Rhymes: -iskin
• Syllabification: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin (comparative lebih miskin, superlative paling miskin)

1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

Derived terms

• dimiskinkan
• kemiskinan
• memiskinkan
• pemiskinan

• miskin papa

Further reading

• “miskin”, 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

Iranun

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy; indigent

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈmiskin/ [ˈmɪʂ.kɪɳ]
• Rhymes: -iskin
• Syllabification: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy; indigent

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmisken/ [ˈmis.ken]
  • Rhymes: -isken, -ken, -en

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmiskin/ [ˈmis.kin]
  • Rhymes: -iskin, -kin, -in
• Hyphenation: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin (comparative lebih miskin, superlative paling miskin)

1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

Derived terms

Affixations

• dimiskinkan
• kemiskinan
• memiskinkan
• pemiskinan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: miskin (inherited)
• → Central Sama: miskin
• → Iranun: miskin
• → Maguindanao: miskin
• → Maranao: miskin
• → Negeri Sembilan Malay: mosoken
• → Pangutaran Sama: miskin
• → Tausug: miskin
• → West Coast Bajau: miskin
• → Yakan: miskin

Further reading

• “miskin”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Root
m-s-k-n
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈkiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

miskin (feminine singular miskina, plural msieken, diminutive msejken)

1. poor (inspiring pity)

   Synonym: povru

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor, needy

Derived terms

• kamiskinan

Pangutaran Sama

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy; indigent

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /miskin/ [mɪsˈk̟in̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin (Sulat Sūg spelling مِسْكِنْ)

1. poor; needy; indigent

   Antonyms: dayahan, altaan

Derived terms

• kamiskinan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسكین (miskin), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miscin]
• Hyphenation: mis‧kin

Adjective

miskin

1. idle; tending to sloth
2. (obsolete) poor, unfortunate

See also

• tembel
• zavallı
• aciz

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مسكین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1167
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “miskin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

West Coast Bajau

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy; indigent

Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

miskin

1. poor; needy