abah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.bah/
- Rhymes: -bah
- Hyphenation: a‧bah
Noun
abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)
Derived terms
- abah-abah
- mengabahkan
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of aba.
Noun
abah (first-person possessive abahku, second-person possessive abahmu, third-person possessive abahnya)
- (dated) father
Further reading
- “abah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abah/
- Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba. Doublet of abang.
Noun
abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)
- father (male parent)
- (slang, informal) a popular leader.
- (slang, Malaysia, informal, politics) Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
- 2021, Harakah Daily
- Situasi itu dapat dilihat apabila netizen dan orang ramai meluahkan perasaan mahu Abah (perdana menteri) terus kekal menerajui pentadbiran negara. Kondisi itu dapat dilihat sejak semalam. (This situation can be seen when netizens and the public express the feeling that they want Abah (the prime minister) should continue leading the country's administration. The condition can be seen since yesterday.)
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- 2021, Harakah Daily
Descendants
- → Indonesian: abah
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
abah (plural abah-abah, informal 1st possessive abahku, 2nd possessive abahmu, 3rd possessive abahnya)
Derived terms
- mengabah
- mengabahkan
Descendants
- → Indonesian: abah
Further reading
- “abah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Further reading
- "abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.