مستحق

Arabic

Root
ح ق ق (ḥ-q-q)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa, “to deserve”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mus.ta.ħiqq/

Adjective

مُسْتَحِقّ • (mustaḥiqq) (feminine مُسْتَحِقَّة (mustaḥiqqa), masculine plural مُسْتَحِقُّونَ (mustaḥiqqūna), feminine plural مُسْتَحِقَّات (mustaḥiqqāt))

active participle of اِسْتَحَقَّ (istaḥaqqa)
worthy, deserving, meritorious

Declension

Declension of adjective مُسْتَحِقّ (mustaḥiqq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِقّ mustaḥiqq	الْمُسْتَحِقّ al-mustaḥiqq	مُسْتَحِقَّة mustaḥiqqa	الْمُسْتَحِقَّة al-mustaḥiqqa
Nominative	مُسْتَحِقٌّ mustaḥiqqun	الْمُسْتَحِقُّ al-mustaḥiqqu	مُسْتَحِقَّةٌ mustaḥiqqatun	الْمُسْتَحِقَّةُ al-mustaḥiqqatu
Accusative	مُسْتَحِقًّا mustaḥiqqan	الْمُسْتَحِقَّ al-mustaḥiqqa	مُسْتَحِقَّةً mustaḥiqqatan	الْمُسْتَحِقَّةَ al-mustaḥiqqata
Genitive	مُسْتَحِقٍّ mustaḥiqqin	الْمُسْتَحِقِّ al-mustaḥiqqi	مُسْتَحِقَّةٍ mustaḥiqqatin	الْمُسْتَحِقَّةِ al-mustaḥiqqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِقَّيْن mustaḥiqqayn	الْمُسْتَحِقَّيْن al-mustaḥiqqayn	مُسْتَحِقَّتَيْن mustaḥiqqatayn	الْمُسْتَحِقَّتَيْن al-mustaḥiqqatayn
Nominative	مُسْتَحِقَّانِ mustaḥiqqāni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّانِ al-mustaḥiqqāni	مُسْتَحِقَّتَانِ mustaḥiqqatāni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّتَانِ al-mustaḥiqqatāni
Accusative	مُسْتَحِقَّيْنِ mustaḥiqqayni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّيْنِ al-mustaḥiqqayni	مُسْتَحِقَّتَيْنِ mustaḥiqqatayni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّتَيْنِ al-mustaḥiqqatayni
Genitive	مُسْتَحِقَّيْنِ mustaḥiqqayni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّيْنِ al-mustaḥiqqayni	مُسْتَحِقَّتَيْنِ mustaḥiqqatayni	الْمُسْتَحِقَّتَيْنِ al-mustaḥiqqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُسْتَحِقِّين mustaḥiqqīn	الْمُسْتَحِقِّين al-mustaḥiqqīn	مُسْتَحِقَّات mustaḥiqqāt	الْمُسْتَحِقَّات al-mustaḥiqqāt
Nominative	مُسْتَحِقُّونَ mustaḥiqqūna	الْمُسْتَحِقُّونَ al-mustaḥiqqūna	مُسْتَحِقَّاتٌ mustaḥiqqātun	الْمُسْتَحِقَّاتُ al-mustaḥiqqātu
Accusative	مُسْتَحِقِّينَ mustaḥiqqīna	الْمُسْتَحِقِّينَ al-mustaḥiqqīna	مُسْتَحِقَّاتٍ mustaḥiqqātin	الْمُسْتَحِقَّاتِ al-mustaḥiqqāti
Genitive	مُسْتَحِقِّينَ mustaḥiqqīna	الْمُسْتَحِقِّينَ al-mustaḥiqqīna	مُسْتَحِقَّاتٍ mustaḥiqqātin	الْمُسْتَحِقَّاتِ al-mustaḥiqqāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müstəhəq
→ Indonesian: mustahik, mustahak
→ Persian: مستحق
- → Urdu: مستحق
→ Ottoman Turkish: مستحق (müstahak)
- → Turkish: müstahak
→ Uzbek: mustahiq

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَقّ (mustaḥaqq).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mus.ta.ˈhaq]

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mos.t̪ʰæ.ɦǽɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mus.t̪ʰä.ɦǽq]

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

Adjective

مستحق • (mostahaq)

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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