tanah

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English

Noun

tanah (plural tanahs)

  1. Alternative form of thana

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

tanah

  1. Romanization of ᬢᬦᬄ

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanah/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nah

Noun

tanah

  1. soil (mixture of sand and organic material)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Noun

tanah

  1. earth; soil
  2. land; ground
  3. country

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.nah/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nah

Noun

tanah (plural tanah-tanah, first-person possessive tanahku, second-person possessive tanahmu, third-person possessive tanahnya)

  1. earth
  2. ground
    1. the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
    2. basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
  3. land:
    1. the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
      Synonym: daratan
    2. real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
    3. a country or region.
      Synonyms: negara, negeri
  4. soil
    Synonym: tanih (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan ꦠꦤꦃ
Roman tanah

Romanization

tanah

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦤꦃ

Malay

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

Noun

tanah (Jawi spelling تانه, plural tanah-tanah, informal 1st possessive tanahku, 2nd possessive tanahmu, 3rd possessive tanahnya)

  1. ground
  2. land
  3. earth

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tanah

Further reading

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Noun

tanah

  1. land

Sundanese

Romanization

tanah

  1. Romanization of ᮒᮔᮂ