paham

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • faham (nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”) via Malay faham.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ham/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ham
  • Rhymes: -am, -m

Noun

paham (first-person possessive pahamku, second-person possessive pahammu, third-person possessive pahamnya)

  1. understanding
    Synonyms: pemahaman, pengertian
  2. view (an opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief)

Verb

paham (transitive locative pahami, transitive applicative/causative pahamkan)

  1. (intransitive) to understand
    Synonym: erti

Conjugation

Conjugation of paham (meng-, intransitive)
Root paham
Active Involuntary Passive Imperative Jussive
Active memaham terpaham dipaham paham pahamlah
Locative memahami terpahami dipahami pahami pahamilah
Causative / Applicative1 memahamkan terpahamkan dipahamkan pahamkan pahamkanlah
Causative
Active memperpaham terperpaham diperpaham perpaham perpahamlah
Locative memperpahami terperpahami diperpahami perpahami perpahamilah
Causative / Applicative1 memperpahamkan terperpahamkan diperpahamkan perpahamkan perpahamkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
The verb form terpaham rather means as a superlative (paling, ...) instead of an accidental, but still means as accidentals in transitivized forms (causative, locative, benefactive, and its combinations).
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

paham

  1. clever; understanding
    Synonym: pandai

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Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Nativization of faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”).

Pronunciation

Noun

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of faham.

Verb

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of faham.

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

paham

  1. why (literary)
    • Paham wyt ti yma?
      Why are you here?
  2. wherefore
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