indah
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindah/
- Hyphenation: in‧dah
Adjective
indah (superlative terindah, equative seindah)
Derived terms
- keindahan
- memperindah
- memperindahkan
- pengindahan
Verb
indah (benefactive indahkan)
- (intransitive) to care, to pay attention
- Synonyms: peduli, perhatikan
Further reading
- “indah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Javanese
Alternative forms
| Javanese writing system | |
|---|---|
| Carakan | ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | indah |
Etymology
From Old Javanese indah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
- Hyphenation: in‧dah
Verb
indah
Adjective
indah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Related terms
- endah (Old Javanese)
Descendants
References
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “indah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
Malay
Etymology
From Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.
Adjective
indah (Jawi spelling اينده, comparative lebih indah, superlative paling indah)
- beautiful, lovely, attractive, fine, precious
- indah permai ― very beautiful
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pengindah (“beautifier”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- pengindahan (“beautification”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- keindahan (“beauty”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- indah-indah [reduplication] (redup)
- seindah (“as beautiful as”) [comparability] (se-)
- perindah (“to decorate”) [causative passive] (peR-)
- memperindah (“to embellish”) [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
- diperindah (“to be beautified”) [causative passive + patient focus] (peR- + di-)
- indahkan (“to treat or regard as precious”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- indahi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
- mengindahkan (“to beautify”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diindahkan (“to be beautified”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- terindah (“the most beautiful”) [agentless action] (teR-)
Further reading
- "indah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
- Hyphenation: in‧dah
Verb
indah
Adjective
indah
- being different, extraordinary beauty
Related terms
- endah
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah)
- Banyumasan: indah
- ⇒ Betawi: indah
- ⇒ Indonesian: indah
- ⇒ Malay: indah
- Osing: indah
- Tengger: indah
References
- P.J. Zoetmulder, S.O. Robson (1982), Old Javanese-English Dictionary, Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “hear! listen! (in addressing gods and persons of high rank) / out of the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary, striking, astounding, extraordinarily beautiful (etc); it is amazing!”
Sarawak Malay
Alternative forms
- ndah, endah
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.dah/, /ən.dah/
Adverb
indah
- instead; on the other hand; however (indicating a contrast or an unexpected action).
- Urang lain gago kerja, nya tidur indah. ― Others are busy working, [but] he sleeps instead.
- Aku ingat nya manas, paduhal nya suka indah. ― I thought he was angry, turns out he likes it instead.