betah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay betah. Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦼꦠꦃ (betah, “comfortable, endured; need”), Old Javanese bĕtah (“tenacious, stubborn, persistent, tireless”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈtah/
- Hyphenation: bê‧tah
- Rhymes: -tah, -ah, -h
Derived terms
- membetahkan
References
- Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
- “betah” 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.
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