fakih
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh, “jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic jurisprudence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfa.kɪh]
- Hyphenation: fa‧kih
Noun
fakih (plural fakih-fakih, first-person possessive fakihku, second-person possessive fakihmu, third-person possessive fakihnya)
- (Islam, law) faqih: an expert in Islamic law.
- Synonyms: ahli hukum Islam, ahli fikih
Alternative forms
- faqih (nonstandard)
Related terms
- fikih
Further reading
- “fakih” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.