Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mukim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables: mukim
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore.

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mukim, from Arabic مُقِيم (muqīm, “resident”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: mukim, مُقِيم

Inflected Forms

mukims (plural)

Questions

What does mukim mean?: A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore.
Where does mukim come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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