syahwat

From Malay syahwat, from Classical Malay syahwat, from Arabic شَهْوَة (šahwa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃahwat]
• Hyphenation: syah‧wat

syahwat (plural syahwat-syahwat)

1. lust; one's libido

   Synonym: berahi

• “syahwat” 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.

Borrowed from Arabic شَهْوَة (šahwa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃahwat/ [ˈʃa.hwat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ahwat
• Hyphenation: syah‧wat

syahwat (Jawi spelling شهوة, plural syahwat-syahwat)

1. lust

   Synonyms: berahi, ghairah, nafsu

• > Indonesian: syahwat (inherited)
• → Tausug: sahawat

• “syahwat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.