faham

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English

Etymology

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Noun

faham (uncountable)

  1. The leaves of an orchid (Jumellea fragrans) of the islands of Réunion and Mauritius, used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “faham”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Indonesian

Noun

faham

  1. nonstandard form of paham.

Verb

faham

  1. nonstandard form of paham.

Adjective

faham

  1. nonstandard form of paham.

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic فَهْم (fahm)bor.
    Malay faham

    Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    faham (Jawi spelling فهم)

    1. understanding
      Synonyms: fahaman, pengertian
    2. viewpoint, opinion
      Synonyms: pendapat, pandangan
    3. ideology
      Synonym: ideologi
      faham komunisme ― the ideology of communism
      faham kapitalisme ― the ideology of capitalism

    Affixations

    Compounds

    Verb

    faham (Jawi spelling فهم)

    1. to understand
      Synonyms: fahami, mengerti, reti

    Affixations

    Descendants

    • Indonesian: faham → paham
    • → Urak Lawoi': ปาฮับ (pahap)

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