falsafah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay falsafah, from Classical Malay falsafah, from Arabic فَلْسَفَات (falsafāt), فَلْسَفَة (falsafa),[1] either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly on Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), compounded from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) +‎ σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). Doublet of filosofi and filsafat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [falˈsa.fah]
  • Rhymes: -fah, -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: fal‧sa‧fah

Noun

falsafah (first-person possessive falsafahku, second-person possessive falsafahmu, third-person possessive falsafahnya)

  1. philosophy: a view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
    Synonyms: filsafat, pandangan hidup
  2. ideology, doctrine

References
  1. 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

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic فَلْسَفَة (falsafa), either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly on Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), compounded from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) +‎ σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /falsafah/
  • Rhymes: -afah, -fah, -ah
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Noun

falsafah (Jawi spelling فلسفه, plural falsafah-falsafah, informal 1st possessive falsafahku, 2nd possessive falsafahmu, 3rd possessive falsafahnya)

  1. philosophy (academic discipline)

Synonyms
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