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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).
Pronunciation
Adjective
awam
- common, ordinary
- Synonyms: am, umum
- public
Derived terms
Noun
awam (first-person possessive awamku, second-person possessive awammu, third-person possessive awamnya)
- commoner
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
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Malay
Etymology
From Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).
Pronunciation
Adjective
awam (Jawi spelling عوام)
- public
telefon awam- public telephone
Synonyms
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