puasa

Acehnese

Etymology

From Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Noun

puasa

1. fast, fasting

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧a‧sa
• IPA^(key): /puˈʔasa/,

Verb

puasa

1. to fast
2. (by extension) to abstain

Noun

puasa

1. fasting
2. (by extension) abstinence

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ceb.

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa). Doublet of upawasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pua‧sa
• Rhymes: -sa, -a

Verb

puasa

1. to fast.

Noun

puasa (first-person possessive puasaku, second-person possessive puasamu, third-person possessive puasanya)

1. fasting
   1. (Islam) one of the five pillars of Islam

      Synonym: saum

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Noun

puasa (Jawi spelling ڤواسا)

1. fasting

Derived terms

• pepuasa

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puasa/
• Rhymes: -asa, -sa

Noun

puasa (Jawi spelling ڤواسا, plural puasa-puasa, informal 1st possessive puasaku, 2nd possessive puasamu, 3rd possessive puasanya)

1. fasting

Verb

puasa (Jawi spelling ڤواسا)

1. to fast

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: puasa
• → Acehnese: puasa
• → Cebuano: puasa
• → Maguindanao: puasa
• → Tausug: puasa

Further reading

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

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa).

Verb

puasa

1. to fast

Noun

puasa

1. fasting

Derived terms