mungkin

From Malay mungkin, from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin, “possible”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuŋkin/ [ˈmuŋ.kɪn]
• Rhymes: -uŋkin
• Syllabification: mung‧kin

mungkin

1. maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably

   Synonyms: boleh jadi, barangkali

   Mungkin Dani akan datang untuk makan malam.

   Perhaps Dani will come over for dinner.

mungkin

1. (by extension) possible, probable to happen

   Antonym: mustahil

Mungkin + -kah forms an interrogative sentence "Is it possible..?" as in mungkinkah anda menolongku?, "Is it possible for you to help me?". Mungkin preceded by an adjective prefixed by se- forms adverbial phrase "as [..] as possible" as in sebesar mungkin, "as big as possible", secepat mungkin, "as fast/soon as possible".

• “mungkin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Arabic مُمْكِن (mumkin, “possible”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈmuŋken/ [ˈmuŋ.ken]

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  • Rhymes: -uŋken, -ken, -en

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmuŋkin/ [ˈmuŋ.kin]

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  • Rhymes: -uŋkin, -kin, -in
• Hyphenation: mung‧kin

mungkin (Jawi spelling موڠکين)

1. Maybe, perhaps, possibly.

   Synonyms: boleh jadi, harus, barangkali, mengkali (Sabah, Brunei)

mungkin (Jawi spelling موڠکين)

1. Able but not certain to happen; possible.

   Synonyms: boleh jadi, harus

   Antonym: mustahil

   • 1976, Syed Hussein Alatas, Islam dan Sosialisma [Islam and Socialism]; Islam dan Sosialisme “Kata Pendahuluan”, in ‎^[1]Gerakbudaya Enterprise, 2020, →ISBN, page 13:

     Ibn Sina tidak percaya bahawa ini mungkin.

     Ibn Sina did not believe that this was possible.

• > Indonesian: mungkin (inherited)

• “mungkin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.