kisah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kisah, from Classical Malay kissah, from Old Malay [Term?], from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa), possibly via Persian (qesse).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈki.sah]
Hyphenation: ki‧sah

Noun

kisah (plural kisah-kisah)

story, tale
occurrence

Synonyms

(story, tale): riwayat, cerita
(occurrence): kejadian

Derived terms

Terms derived from kisah

berkisah (“to tell a story (about)”)
mengisahkan (“to narrate”)
terkisah (“to be narrated”)
kisahan
pengisahan (“narration, story telling”)

Further reading

“kisah” 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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