tobat
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Malay توبة (taubat), from Arabic تَوْبَة (tawba, “repentance”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtobat/ [ˈt̪o.bat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -obat
- Syllabification: to‧bat
Verb
tobat
- to repent
- to make repentant
- to mend one's way
- to learn one's lesson from a bad experience
- (colloquial) to be deterred
Interjection
tobat
- expression of surprised, annoyed, or irritated
Derived terms
- bertobat
- ditobatkan
- menobatkan
- pertobatan
- petobat
- tobat nasuhah
- tobat sambal
Further reading
- “tobat” 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.