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English
Noun
yakin (plural yakin or yakins)
- A large Himalayan antelope, Budorcas taxicolor
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay yakin, from Arabic يَقِين (yaqīn, “certain, undoubted”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
yakin
- convinced, positive
- Synonym: percaya
- sure, certain
- Synonym: pasti
- confident
- Synonyms: sungguh, sungguh-sungguh
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References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
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Japanese
Romanization
yakin
- Rōmaji transcription of やきん
Kalasha
Noun
yakin
- trust, belief
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Malay
Etymology
From Arabic يَقِين (yaqīn, “certain, undoubted”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
yakin (Jawi spelling يقين)
- Confident:
- Certain, sure, convinced.
- Synonym: pasti
Saya tak yakin pasal bila dia tiba.- I'm not confident about when he's arriving.
- Trusting towards something.
- Synonym: percaya
Bos aku tak yakin dengan aku.- My boss isn't confident in me.
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