sembahyang

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Indonesian

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Etymology

inherited from Malay sembahyang, equivalent to sembah +‎ hyang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: sem‧bah‧yang

Noun

sembahyang (first-person possessive sembahyangku, second-person possessive sembahyangmu, third-person possessive sembahyangnya)

  1. prayer
    Synonym: doa
    1. A practice of communicating with one's God.
    2. The specific words or methods used for praying.
  2. worship

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Malay

Etymology

Compound of sembah (worship) +‎ yang (deity).

Pronunciation

Noun

sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ, plural sembahyang-sembahyang, informal 1st possessive sembahyangku, 2nd possessive sembahyangmu, 3rd possessive sembahyangnya)

  1. A prayer:
    1. (Islam) The type of prayer performed by Muslims; salat.
      Synonym: solat
      Sembahyang merupakan salah satu tiang agama Islam.
      Salat is one of the pillars of Islam.
    2. A request to God or a deity.
      Synonym: doa
      Aku harapkan sembahyang aku diterima Tuhan.
      I hope my prayer is accepted by God.

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Verb

sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ, formal form bersembahyang)

  1. Informal form of bersembahyang (to pray).

Further reading

  • sembahyang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qiang”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI