dalam

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨕꨤꩌ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dalam, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪a.lʌm/

Adjective

dalam

1. deep

Preposition

dalam

1. in, inside

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalam/
• Rhymes: -lam
• Hyphenation: da‧lam

Adjective

dalam

1. deep

Preposition

dalam

1. inside, in, within (abstract)

   dalam jaku Inggeris

   in English

2. indoor
3. interior

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dalam, from Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalam/
• Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m

Adjective

dalam (superlative terdalam, equative sedalam)

1. deep

   Antonym: dangkal

Derived terms

• kedalaman (“depth”)
• pendalaman (“process of deepening”)
• mendalami
• mendalamkan (“to deepen”)
• didalami (“to be deepened”)
• memperdalam (“to deepen”)
• mendalam
• sedalam-dalamnya (“as deep as possible”)

Noun

dalam (first-person possessive dalamku, second-person possessive dalammu, third-person possessive dalamnya)

1. inside, indoors
2. interior

Preposition

dalam

1. inside, in, within

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dalam” 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

Alternative forms

• دالم
• dlm (SMS slang)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Standard) /dalam/, (Kelantanese)
• Rhymes: -lam, -am

• Audio (MY)

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Adjective

dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

1. deep

Antonyms

• cetek
• dangkal
• tohor

Derived terms

Preposition

dalam (Jawi spelling دالم)

1. inside, in, within (abstract)

   dalam bahasa Inggris

   in English

2. indoor
3. interior

Antonyms

• luar

Derived terms

• di dalam (“in (concrete)”)
• ke dalam (“(to) inside (of), into”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dalam

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظَلَمَ (ẓalama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.lam/

Verb

dalam (imperfect jidlam)

1. (of the night, sky, etc.) to get dark

Conjugation