nafsu
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “spirit, life”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnaf.su]
- Hyphenation: naf‧su
Noun
nafsu (plural nafsu-nafsu)
- passion: any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate
- lust
- appetite
- anger
- Synonym: marah
Derived terms
- bernafsu
Further reading
- “nafsu” 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.