ialah

From ia +‎ -lah.

• IPA^(key): /ialah/
• Hyphenation: ia‧lah
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah

ialah

1. i.e., that is

ialah

1. (third person) a connector between two pieces of sentence that confirms the details or explanation of the first part

   Yang perlu dikerjakan sekarang ialah membawa korban ke rumah sakit.

   What needs to be done now is to take the victims to the hospital.

Ialah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only for third person and before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can be used with first, second and third person.

• “ialah” 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.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /iəlah/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ialah/
• Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah

ialah (Jawi spelling اياله)

1. to be

ialah

1. (predicate marker) to be

Ialah is a connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”. It can be used only before nouns or verbs. Compare this with adalah, which has the same meaning but can only be used before prepositions, postpositions or adjectives.

• adalah

• “ialah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.