مستحق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

مستحق or مستحق • (müstahak or müstahik)

deserving; earned, due

Related terms

حق‎ (hak)

Descendants

Turkish: müstahak

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müstahikk”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 886
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مستحق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1834
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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