percaya
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay percaya, from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: per‧ca‧ya
Verb
pêrcaya (active percaya, passive dipercaya)
- (transitive, intransitive with a preposition) to believe, to have trust
- Synonym: (transitive) percayai
- Aku percaya kepadanya.
- I believe him.
- Aku percaya bahwa dia mengatakan yang sesungguhnya.
- I believe that he is telling the truth.
Derived terms
- kepercayaan (“trust; belief; right-hand, trusted”)
- kepercayaan diri (“self-confidence”)
- ketepercayaan (“trustworthiness”)
- (transitive) percayai (“to trust”)
- (transitive, sometimes ditransitive) percayakan (“to entrust”)
- tepercaya (“trusted, trustworthy”)
- percaya angin (“to trust a lie”, literally “to trust wind”)
- percaya diri (“self-confident”, literally “self-trust”)
See also
Further reading
- “percaya” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
percaya
- romanization of ꦥꦼꦂꦕꦪ
Malay
Alternative forms
- caya (informal)
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /pəˈt͡ʃajə/ [pəˈt͡ʃa.jə]
- Rhymes: -ajə
- (Baku) IPA(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Hyphenation: per‧ca‧ya
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
Adjective
percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي), sometimes used in the form percaya akan.
- believing
- Orang Islam wajib percaya kepada hari kiamat.
- It is obligatory for Muslims to believe in (lit. "be believing towards") judgement day.
- trusting
- Aku percaya kepada kau sebab aku tahu kau orang yang jujur.
- I trust (lit. "am trusting towards") you because I know you're an honest person.
Derived terms
Affixations
- berkepercayaan
- dipercayai
- dipercayakan
- kepercayaan
- ketidakpercayaan
- mempercayai
- mempercayakan
- percaya-mempercayai
- percayai
- percayakan
Compounds
- undi tidak percaya
Idioms
- undi angin lalu
Descendants
- > Indonesian: percaya (inherited)
- → Maranao: paratiyaya
- → Tausug: paratsaya
Etymology 2
Clipping of mempercayai and percayai.
Verb
percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي)
- (informal) alternative form of mempercayai and percayai
- Kau percaya ke apa yang dia kata?
- Do you believe what he said?
Further reading
- “percaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.