petaka

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay petaka, from Classical Malay petaka (“misfortune”), from Sanskrit पातक (pātaka, “crime, loss of caste”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pəˈtaka]
Hyphenation: pê‧ta‧ka

Noun

pêtaka (first-person possessive petakaku, second-person possessive petakamu, third-person possessive petakanya)

disaster, accident.
Synonyms: bencana, kecelakaan

Further reading

“petaka” 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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