berkat
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay berkat, from Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka, “blessing”). Semantic loan from Javanese ꦧꦼꦂꦏꦠ꧀ (berkat) for sense food or something to take home after the feast. Doublet of berkah.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bərˈkat/ [bərˈkat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: ber‧kat
Noun
bêrkat
- blessing (divine or supernatural aid or reward)
- blessing (pronouncement invoking divine aid)
- (Java) food (usually rice and side dishes) or something to take home after the feast in Javanese tradition
- Synonym: nasi berkat
Descendants
- → Ternate: barakati
Preposition
bêrkat
- thanks to (because of)
Adjective
bêrkat
- (uncommon) synonym of berkah
Derived terms
- berkati
- diberkati
- keberkatan
- memberkati
- pemberkat
- pemberkatan
- teberkati
Further reading
- “berkat” 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.