martabat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay martabat, from Arabic مَرْتَبَةٌ (martabatun, rank).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /marˈtabat/ [marˈt̪a.bat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abat
  • Syllabification: mar‧ta‧bat

Noun

martabat

  1. dignity (the state of being dignified or worthy of esteem)
    Synonyms: harkat, (less common) muruah

Derived terms

  • bermartabat
  • martabatkan

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

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