sifat

See also: sıfat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Classical Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsifat/ [ˈsi.fat̪̚]
    • Rhymes: -ifat
    • Syllabification: si‧fat
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈsipat/ [ˈsi.pat̪̚]

Noun

sifat (plural sifat-sifat)

  1. attribute; property; quality
  2. nature; temperament
  3. (biology) trait: an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
    Synonym: ciri

Synonyms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsifat/ [ˈsi.fat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: si‧fat
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

sifat (Jawi spelling صيفت, plural sifat-sifat)

  1. attribute; quality; property

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sifat
  • Maranao: sipat
  • Sundanese: sipat
  • Tausug: sipat
  • West Makian: sifat

Further reading

Uzbek

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Classical Persian صِفَت (sifat), from Arabic صِفَةٌ (ṣifatun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨ̞̊.fat]
  • Hyphenation: si‧fat

Noun

sifat (plural sifatlar)

  1. adjective

Declension

Declension of sifat
singular plural
nominative sifat sifatlar
genitive sifatning sifatlarning
dative sifatga sifatlarga
definite accusative sifatni sifatlarni
locative sifatda sifatlarda
ablative sifatdan sifatlardan
similative sifatdek sifatlardek
Possessive forms of sifat
1st person singular
singular plural
nominative sifatim sifatlarim
genitive sifatimning sifatlarimning
dative sifatimga sifatlarimga
definite accusative sifatimni sifatlarimni
locative sifatimda sifatlarimda
ablative sifatimdan sifatlarimdan
similative sifatimdek sifatlarimdek
2nd person singular
singular plural
nominative sifating sifatlaring
genitive sifatingning sifatlaringning
dative sifatingga sifatlaringga
definite accusative sifatingni sifatlaringni
locative sifatingda sifatlaringda
ablative sifatingdan sifatlaringdan
similative sifatingdek sifatlaringdek
3rd person singular
singular plural
nominative sifati sifatlari
genitive sifatining sifatlarining
dative sifatiga sifatlariga
definite accusative sifatini sifatlarini
locative sifatida sifatlarida
ablative sifatidan sifatlaridan
similative sifatidek sifatlaridek
1st person plural
singular plural
nominative sifatimiz sifatlarimiz
genitive sifatimizning sifatlarimizning
dative sifatimizga sifatlarimizga
definite accusative sifatimizni sifatlarimizni
locative sifatimizda sifatlarimizda
ablative sifatimizdan sifatlarimizdan
similative sifatimizdek sifatlarimizdek
2nd person plural
singular plural
nominative sifatingiz sifatlaringiz
genitive sifatingizning sifatlaringizning
dative sifatingizga sifatlaringizga
definite accusative sifatingizni sifatlaringizni
locative sifatingizda sifatlaringizda
ablative sifatingizdan sifatlaringizdan
similative sifatingizdek sifatlaringizdek
3rd person plural
singular plural
nominative sifati sifatlari
genitive sifatining sifatlarining
dative sifatiga sifatlariga
definite accusative sifatini sifatlarini
locative sifatida sifatlarida
ablative sifatidan sifatlaridan
similative sifatidek sifatlaridek

Derived terms

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة (ṣifa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪i.ɸat̪/

Noun

sifat

  1. appearance

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics