hitam

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧tam

Noun

hitam

  1. a metallic black color

Adjective

hitam

  1. of a metallic black color

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hitam, from Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhi.t̪am]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -itam
  • Syllabification: hi‧tam

Adjective

hitam (comparative lebih hitam, superlative paling hitam)

  1. black (absorbing all light)
    Orang itu memiliki mobil hitam.
    That person owns a black car.

Noun

hitam (plural hitam-hitam)

  1. black (colour)

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)
     putih      abu-abu, kelabu      hitam
             merah; kirmizi              jingga; cokelat, pirang tua              kuning; krem
             hijau pupus, hijau limau              hijau              hijau pudina; hijau tua
             nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut              biru langit, nilakandi              biru
             lembayung; nila              patma; ungu              merah jambu, merah muda

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhi.t̪am]
  • Rhymes: -itam, -tam, -am

Adjective

hitam (Jawi spelling هيتم)

  1. black (absorbing all light)
    Synonyms: aswad, bolong, langking, lotong
    Orang itu memiliki kereta hitam.That person owns a black car.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hitam

Noun

hitam (Jawi spelling هيتم, plural hitam-hitam)

  1. black (colour)

Descendants

Minangkabau

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm.

Adjective

hitam

  1. black (absorbing all light)

Noun

hitam

  1. black (colour)

Portuguese

Verb

hitam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of hitar

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay hitam (black), from Proto-Malayic *hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qitəm. Doublet of itim.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /hiˈtam/ [hɪˈt̪am]
      • Rhymes: -am
    • IPA(key): /ˈhitam/ [ˈhiː.t̪ɐm] (obsolete)
  • Syllabification: hi‧tam

Noun

hitám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜆᜋ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. lead; black lead
    Synonyms: tingga, (obsolete) tinggahitam

See also

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ختام, from Arabic خِتَام (ḵitām), verbal noun of خَاتَمَ (ḵātama).

Noun

hitam (definite accusative hitamı, plural hitamlar) (archaic)

  1. end, conclusion, completion

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ختام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 531
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hitam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN