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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈadab/
- Hyphenation: a‧dab
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).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
adab (plural adab-adab, first-person possessive adabku, second-person possessive adabmu, third-person possessive adabnya)
- good manner, politeness, civility
- Synonym: akhlak
- Antonym: biadab
Derived terms
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).
Noun
adab (Jawi spelling ادب, plural adab-adab, informal 1st possessive adabku, 2nd possessive adabmu, 3rd possessive adabnya)
- good manner, politeness, civility
- Synonyms: akhlak, susila
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
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Descendants
Tausug
Etymology
From Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).
Pronunciation
- (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔadab/
- Rhymes: -ab
- Syllabification: a‧dab
Noun
adab (Sulat Sūg spelling اَدَبْ)
- manners
Uzbek
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَدَب (ʔadab).
Noun
adab (plural adablar)
- proper behavior, decency, conduct, manners
Declension