adab
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See also: adáb
Afar
Pronunciation
Noun
ádab m
- Alternative form of adábi
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 51
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay adab, from Classical Malay (adab), from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).
Pronunciation
Noun
adab (plural adab-adab, first-person possessive adabku, second-person possessive adabmu, third-person possessive adabnya)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “adab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Noun
adab (Jawi spelling ادب, plural adab-adab, informal 1st possessive adabku, 2nd possessive adabmu, 3rd possessive adabnya)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- keadaban (“custom”) (ke-an)
- peradaban (“civilisation”) (peR- + -an)
- beradab (“to have manners, to be civilised”) (beR-)
- berperadaban (“civilised, to reach civilisation”) (beR- + peR- + -an)
- memperadabkan (“to make civilised”) (mempeR- + -kan)
- mengadabi (“to treat someone with good manners”) (meN- + -i)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
Descendants
- Indonesian: adab
Tausug
Etymology
Noun
adab
Uzbek
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | адаб (adab) |
| Latin | adab |
| Perso-Arabic | |
Etymology
Noun
adab (plural adablar)
Declension
Declension of adab
Possessive forms of adab