indah
Indonesian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editindah (superlative terindah, equative seindah)
Verb
editindah (benefactive indahkan)
- (intransitive) to care, to pay attention
- Synonyms: peduli, perhatikan
Further reading
edit- “indah” 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.
Javanese
editAlternative forms
editJavanese writing system | |
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Carakan | ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ |
Pegon | |
Roman | indah |
Etymology
editFrom Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editindah
Adjective
editindah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Adjective
editindah (Jawi spelling اينده)
- beautiful, lovely, attractive, fine, precious
- indah permai ― very beautiful
Derived terms
editAffixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengindah (“beautifier”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pengindahan (“beautification”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- keindahan (“beauty”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- indah-indah [reduplication] (redup)
- seindah (“as beautiful as”) [comparability] (se-)
- perindah (“to decorate”) [causative passive] (peR-)
- memperindah (“to embellish”) [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
- diperindah (“to be beautified”) [causative passive + patient focus] (peR- + di-)
- indahkan (“to treat or regard as precious”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- indahi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
- mengindahkan (“to beautify”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diindahkan (“to be beautified”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terindah (“the most beautiful”) [agentless action] (teR-)
Further reading
edit- “indah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
editPronunciation
editVerb
editindah
Adjective
editindah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Javanese: ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah)
- Banyumasan: indah
- ⇒ Betawi: indah
- ⇒ Indonesian: indah
- ⇒ Malay: indah
- Osing: indah
- Tengger: indah
References
edit- 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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