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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindah/
- Hyphenation: in‧dah
Adjective
indah (superlative terindah, equative seindah)
- beautiful
- Synonyms: cantik, elok
Verb
indah (benefactive indahkan)
- (intransitive) to care, to pay attention
- Synonyms: peduli, perhatikan
Further reading
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
Verb
indah
- hear, listen
Adjective
indah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Descendants
References
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “indah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Adjective
indah (Jawi spelling اينده)
- beautiful, lovely, attractive, fine, precious
- indah permai ― very beautiful
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Further reading
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
Verb
indah
- hear, listen
Adjective
indah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Descendants
References
- P.J. Zoetmulder, S.O. Robson (1982) Old Javanese-English Dictionary, Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “hear! listen! (in addressing gods and persons of high rank) / out of the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary, striking, astounding, extraordinarily beautiful (etc); it is amazing!”