muzium

Borrowed from English museum.

muzium

1. museum

From English museum from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of museum.

• Rhymes: -um
• (Johor-Selangor, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): /mjuˈziom/, [mjuˈzi.om]
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /mjuˈzium/, [mjuˈzi.um]
• Hyphenation: mu‧zi‧um

muzium (Jawi spelling ⁧موزيوم⁩, plural muzium-muzium, informal 1st possessive muziumku, 2nd possessive muziummu, 3rd possessive muziumnya)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

   Synonym: museum

• muséum (Indonesian Malay)
• musèum (Standard Indonesian)

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