sihat

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Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sihat (Jawi spelling صيحت)

  1. Healthy:
    1. Not inflicted with any diseases.
      Synonyms: afiat, segar
    2. (figurative) In good condition.
    3. Proceeding in a favourable manner.
  2. Having recovered from illness.
    Synonyms: sembuh, pulih, betah

Affixations

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sehat
  • Minangkabau: siek[1]

References

  1. ^ K. Alexander Adelaar (1992) chapter 2, in Proto Malayic: The Reconstruction of Its Phonology and Parts of Its Lexicon and Morphology, page 12:ay sometimes occurs before a final glottal stop in ill-adapted loanwords, e.g. siayʔ 'healthy' (< ML sehat 'healthy' < AR ṣiḥḥa(t) 'health').

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa).

Noun

sihat (plural sihatlar)

  1. health

Declension