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

Adjective

bêtah

  1. comfortable
  2. persistent, tireless
  3. recovered, convalescent

Derived terms

  • membetahkan

References

  1. 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

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