akhlak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay akhlak, from Classical Malay اخلاق (akhlak), from Arabic أَخْلَاق (ʔaḵlāq), plural form of خُلُق (ḵuluq, character; morals, morality).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxlak/
  • Rhymes: -lak, -ak, -k
  • Hyphenation: akh‧lak

Noun

akhlak (first-person possessive akhlakku, second-person possessive akhlakmu, third-person possessive akhlaknya)

  1. character, morals, ethics
    Synonyms: budi pekerti, kelakuan

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • berakhlak

References

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

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