musibah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība, “calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster”).

Noun

musibah (first-person possessive musibahku, second-person possessive musibahmu, third-person possessive musibahnya)

accident, misfortune.
disaster, calamity.
Synonyms: bencana, malapetaka

Further reading

“musibah” 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.

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