مستحق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A merger of Arabic مُسْتَحِقّ (mustaḥiqq) and مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq), participles of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa).

Adjective

مستحق • (müstahak or müstahik)

  1. deserving; earned, due

Descendants

  • Turkish: müstahak

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊs.t̪ʰä.ɦǽq]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊs.t̪ʰɑːǽq]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mus.t̪ʰɔːǽq]

Readings
Classical reading? mustahaq
Dari reading? mustahaq
Iranian reading? mostahağ
Tajik reading? mustahaq

Adjective

مستحق • (mostahaq)

  1. deserving; worthy
    Synonyms: سزاوار (sazâvâr), لایق (lâyeq)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی:
      هر چند مستحق عذابیم ما ولی
      ایزد به ما ز لطف ببخشد عذاب را
      har čand mostahaq-e azâb-im mâ vali
      izad be mâ ze lotf bebaxšad azâb râ
      Though we deserve to be tormented,
      God out of grace remits our torments.
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