istigfar

See also: istiğfar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay istighfar, from Arabic اِسْتِغْفَار (istiḡfār).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

istigfar (plural istigfar-istigfar)

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • beristigfar

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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