amanah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay amanah, from Classical Malay أمانه (amanah), from Arabic أَمَانَة (ʔamāna, “trust, confidentiality”).[1] Doublet of amanat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈamanah/
  • Rhymes: -nah, -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: ama‧nah

Noun

amanah (plural amanah-amanah, first-person possessive amanahku, second-person possessive amanahmu, third-person possessive amanahnya)

  1. relative, (nearest) relatives; kinship.
    Synonym: kerabat
  2. trust, deposit: that which is committed or entrusted
  3. security, peace
    Synonyms: keamanan, ketentraman
  4. force, strength, power
    Synonym: kekuatan

Adjective

amanah

  1. trust, faithful, dependable.
    Synonym: setia

Derived terms
  • diamanahkan
  • keamanahan
  • mengamanahkan
  • pengamanah
  • pengamanahan
  • seamanah

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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