awam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈawam/ [ˈa.wam]
Rhymes: -awam
Syllabification: a‧wam

Adjective

awam

common, ordinary, public (of common people)
Synonyms: publik, umum

Derived terms

diawamkan
keawaman
mengawamkan
pengawam

Noun

awam (plural awam-awam)

commoner

References

^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

“awam” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈawam/ [ˈa.wam]
Rhymes: -awam, -am
Hyphenation: a‧wam

Adjective

awam (Jawi spelling عوام)

public^[1]
Synonyms: jelata, umum

Synonym: (chiefly Indonesian) publik

telefon awam ― public telephone
civil^[2]
Synonym: sivil

Synonym: sipil (Indonesian)

kerajaan awam ― civil government
(Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory, slang) banal, everyday
muka minah tu awam siot ― that girl's face is so common

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

mengawamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

akauntan awam (“accountant”)
jurutera awam (“civil engineer”)
kemudahan awam (“public convenience”)
kenderaan awam (“rental car”)
kunci awam (“public key”)
notari awam (“notary”)
orang awam (“commonfolk”)
pengangkutan awam (“public transportation”)
perhubungan awam (“public relations”)
perkhidmatan awam (“public service”)
perpustakaan awam (“public library”)
sektor awam (“public sector”)
sfera awam (“public sphere”)
tandas awam (“public toilet”)
telefon awam (“public telephone”)
undang awam (“public law”)

Descendants

> Indonesian: awam (inherited)

References

^ "awam" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
^ "awam" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Further reading

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