Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈindah/
  • Hyphenation: in‧dah

Adjective

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indah (superlative terindah, equative seindah)

  1. beautiful
    Synonyms: cantik, elok

Verb

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indah (benefactive indahkan)

  1. (intransitive) to care, to pay attention
    Synonyms: peduli, perhatikan

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Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Javanese writing system
Carakan ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ
Pegon
Roman indah

Etymology

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From Old Javanese indah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
  • Hyphenation: in‧dah

Verb

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indah

  1. hear, listen

Adjective

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indah

  1. being different, extraordinary beauty
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Descendants

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  • Banyumasan: indah
  • Betawi: indah
  • Indonesian: indah
  • Malay: indah

References

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  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “indah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Malay

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.

Adjective

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indah (Jawi spelling اينده)

  1. beautiful, lovely, attractive, fine, precious
    indah permaivery beautiful

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old Javanese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
  • Hyphenation: in‧dah

Verb

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indah

  1. hear, listen

Adjective

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indah

  1. being different, extraordinary beauty
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Descendants

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References

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  • P.J. Zoetmulder, S.O. Robson (1982) Old Javanese-English Dictionary, Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff:hear! listen! (in addressing gods and persons of high rank) / out of the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary, striking, astounding, extraordinarily beautiful (etc); it is amazing!
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