cahaya

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa(h)aja/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ha‧ya

cahaya

1. light (electromagnetic waves) (Jawi spelling چهايا)

• tjahaja (1947–1972)

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “lustre, light”).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈhaja/

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ca‧ha‧ya

cahaya (plural cahaya-cahaya)

1. glow
2. light
3. ray

• kilat (flash of lightning)

• “cahaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃä.hä.jä/, /t͡ʃä.hä.jə/

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -haja, -aja, -ja, -a

cahaya (Jawi spelling چهاي, plural cahaya-cahaya, informal 1st possessive cahayaku, 2nd possessive cahayamu, 3rd possessive cahayanya)

1. light
2. lustre, glow
3. ray

   Synonyms: sinar, sinaran

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چهاي chĕhaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 274
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chahaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 178

• “cahaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

cahaya

1. Romanization of ᮎᮠᮚ

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈha.ja/

cahaya

1. (intransitive) to shine

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics