miskin

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English

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Etymology

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Perhaps music +‎ -kin.

Noun

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miskin (plural miskins)

  1. (obsolete, music) A little bagpipe.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, Pastorals II: The Second Eclogue[1], published 1619:
      Now would I tune my Miskins on this Greene,

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for miskin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

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Adjective

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miskin (comparative daha miskin, superlative ən miskin)

  1. wretched
    Synonyms: binəva, zavallı

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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miskin

  1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

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miskin

  1. poor, needy, unfortunate, impoverished

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: miskin

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Maltese

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Root
m-s-k-n
4 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

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Adjective

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

  1. poor (inspiring pity)
    Synonym: povru

Maranao

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Etymology

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From Malay miskin, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

Adjective

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miskin

  1. poor, needy

Turkish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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miskin

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

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