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Indonesian
Noun
tjahaja
- (pre-1947, 1947-1972) Superseded spelling of cahaya.
Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay cahaya (“light”).
Noun
tjahaja
- light
- ...karena pada waktoe itoelah kasih sajang toean kepadakoe semisal kembang tjahaja dalam hatikoe.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Kartini (1922) Bagindo Dahlan Abdullah, Zainudin Rasad, Sutan Muhammad Zain, Djamaloedin Rasad, transl., Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang [Through darkness to light] (in Peranakan Indonesian), page 17