malaikat

See also: malāikat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay malaikat, from Classical Malay ملائکة (malaikat), from Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), the plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /maˈlai̯kat/ [maˈlai̯.kat̪̚]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯kat
  • Syllabification: ma‧lai‧kat

Noun

malaikat (plural malaikat-malaikat or para malaikat)

  1. angel

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ 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

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika), the plural of مَلْأَك (malʔak).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

malaikat (Jawi spelling ملائکة, plural malaikat-malaikat)

  1. angel

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: malaikat

Further reading

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