bahas

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bahas, from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Verb

bahas (base bahas, imperative bahas, active membahas, ordinary passive dibahas, adversative passive terbahas)

  1. (transitive, imperative, colloquial) to talk about, to discuss
    Synonyms: bicarakan, perkatakan
  2. (transitive, imperative, colloquial) to investigate, to inspect
Conjugation
Conjugation of bahas (meng-, transitive)
root bahas
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative membahas terbahas dibahas bahas bahaslah
accusative / dative / locative membahasi – dibahasi bahasi bahasilah
perfective causative / applicative2 membahaskan terbahaskan dibahaskan bahaskan bahaskanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Root

bahas (base bahas, imperative bahas, active membahas, ordinary passive dibahas, adversative passive terbahas)

  1. (obsolete) filling a crack
Conjugation
Conjugation of bahas (meng-, transitive)
root bahas
active passive basic
imperative 		emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative membahas terbahas dibahas bahas bahaslah
accusative / dative / locative membahasi – dibahasi bahasi bahasilah
perfective causative / applicative2 membahaskan terbahaskan dibahaskan bahaskan bahaskanlah
causative
nominative – – – – –
accusative / dative / locative – – – – –
perfective causative / applicative2 – – – – –

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bahas/, /-ħaθ/
  • Rhymes: -has, -as
  • Hyphenation: ba‧has

Noun

bahas (Jawi spelling بحث, plural bahas-bahas)

  1. An investigation, an inspection.
    Synonyms: penyelidikan, pemeriksaan
  2. A discussion.
    Synonyms: perbincangan, pengupasan
  3. A debate.
    Synonym: debat

Affixations

Compounds

  • ilmu bahas

Verb

bahas (Jawi spelling بحث, active membahas, 3rd person passive dibahas)

  1. (transitive) To debate something.
    Synonym: debat
    Isu ini dibahas di parlimen minggu lepas.
    This issue was debated in parliament last week.
  2. (transitive) To examine, to investigate.

Further reading

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