Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [si.hat], [se.hat]
  • Rhymes: -hat, -at
  • Hyphenation: si‧hat

Adjective

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sihat (Jawi spelling صيحت)

  1. Healthy:
    1. Not inflicted with any diseases.
      Synonyms: afiat, segar
    2. (figurative) In good condition.
    3. Proceeding in a favourable manner.
  2. Having recovered from illness.
    Synonyms: sembuh, pulih, betah

Affixations

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: sehat
  • Minangkabau: siek[1]

References

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  1. ^ K. Alexander Adelaar (1992) chapter 2, in Proto Malayic: The Reconstruction of Its Phonology and Parts of Its Lexicon and Morphology[1], page 12:ay sometimes occurs before a final glottal stop in ill-adapted loanwords, e.g. siayʔ 'healthy' (< ML sehat 'healthy' < AR ṣiḥḥa(t) 'health').

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Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Noun

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sihat (plural sihatlar)

  1. health

Declension

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