salah

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈlɑː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

salah

  1. Alternative form of salat

Anagrams

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

Adjective

salah

  1. false, wrong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay salah, from Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsä.läh/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lah

Adjective

salah

  1. false:
    1. untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
      Antonyms: benar, betul
    2. based on factually incorrect premises.
    3. not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous
  2. mistaken, erroneous
    Synonym: keliru
  3. improper:
    1. inappropriate; inapt
      Synonym: menyimpang
  4. defective
    Synonyms: cela, cacat
  5. failed
    Synonyms: luput, gagal

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

salah

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦭꦃ

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Adjective

salah (Jawi spelling ساله)

  1. false, wrong
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants
  • Indonesian: salah

Etymology 2

Noun

salah

  1. (theology) A violation of God's will or religious law.

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.lah/
  • Rhymes: -lah
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lah

Noun

salah

  1. changing
  2. deviating

Adjective

salah

  1. wrong, mistaken
  2. missed
  3. escaped

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "salah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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