From Malay hakikat, hakekat, from Classical Malay hakekat, hakékat, hakikat, haqiqa, haqiqat, from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa, “truth, reality”).

• IPA^(key): [haˈkikat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ki‧kat
• Rhymes: -at

hakikat (plural hakikat-hakikat)

1. essence, nature, base

   Synonym: dasar

2. truth, reality

   Synonyms: kebenaran, kenyataan

• “hakikat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Ottoman Turkish حقیقت (hakikat), from Arabic حَقِيقَة (ḥaqīqa).

• IPA^(key): /ha.ci.katʲ/

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hakikat (definite accusative hakikati, plural hakikatler)

1. fact
2. truth
3. reality

• hakikaten (“really, truly”)
• hakikatli (“faithful, true”)
• hakikatsiz (“unfaithful, disloyal”)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hakikat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük