Etymology

mustahabb

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Today it means: Of an action, in religious terms: recommended, favourable, virtuous. Full definition →

Arabic مُسْتَحَبّ
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromمُسْتَحَبّ“recommended”
  2. English todaymustahabb

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْتَحَبّ (mustaḥabb, “recommended”), passive participle of اِسْتَحَبَّ (istaḥabba, “to deem recommended”).

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