taksir

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtak̚sɪr/
  • Hyphenation: tak‧sir

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay taksir, from Classical Malay تقصير (taksir, taqsir), from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr).

Noun

taksir (first-person possessive taksirku, second-person possessive taksirmu, third-person possessive taksirnya)

  1. negligence; carelessness
  2. shortcoming; failure; omission; defect
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay taksir, from Dutch taxeer (“to evaluate, to appraise”), from French taxer (“to tax, to impose a tax”), from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō.[1]

Verb

taksir

  1. to evaluate; to assess; to appraise
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Petjo: taksir

References

  1. ^ Jones, Russell. 2008. Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic تَقْصِير (taqṣīr).

Noun

taksir (Jawi spelling تقصير, informal 1st possessive taksirku, 2nd possessive taksirmu, 3rd possessive taksirnya)

  1. negligence; carelessness
  2. shortcoming; failure; omission; defect
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch taxeer (“to evaluate, to appraise”), from French taxer (“to tax, to impose a tax”), from Old French taxer, from Latin taxāre, present active infinitive of taxō.[2]

Verb

taksir (Jawi spelling تکسير)

  1. to evaluate; to assess; to appraise
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “takse”, in Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia [Riau Malay-Indonesian Dictionary], Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 1997, page 391
  2. ^ Jones, Russell. 2008. Loan-words in Indonesian and Malay. Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia.

Further reading

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