awam

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

awam

  1. common, ordinary
    Synonyms: am, umum
  2. public

Derived terms

Noun

awam

  1. commoner

References

  1. ^ 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 عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).

Pronunciation

Adjective

awam (Jawi spelling عوام)

  1. public
    telefon awam
    public telephone

Synonyms

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