berkah
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦼꦂꦏꦃ (berkah), from Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka, “to bless, to sanction”). Doublet of berkat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bərˈkah/ [bərˈkah]
- Rhymes: -ah
- Syllabification: ber‧kah
Noun
bêrkah
Adjective
bêrkah
- blessing (having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing)
Derived terms
- berkahi
- keberkahan
- memberkahi
- pemberkah
- pemberkahan
- teberkahi
Compounds
Further reading
- “berkah” 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.