filsafat

Indonesian

Etymology

• From Arabic فَلْسَفَات (falsafāt), فَلْسَفَة (falsafa), either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly on Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), compounded from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) +‎ σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). Doublet of falsafah and filosofi.
• First vowel changed influenced by filosofi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɪlˈsa.fat̚]

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• Rhymes: -fat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: fil‧sa‧fat

Noun

filsafat (first-person possessive filsafatku, second-person possessive filsafatmu, third-person possessive filsafatnya)

1. philosophy,
   1. an academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.

      Synonym: filosofi

   2. a view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

      Synonyms: falsafah, filosofi

Derived terms

• berfilsafat

 

Related terms

• falsafah
• filsuf

 

Further reading

• “filsafat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Noun

filsafat (plural filsafat-filsafat, informal 1st possessive filsafatku, 2nd possessive filsafatmu, 3rd possessive filsafatnya)

1. (Indonesia) philosophy (academic discipline)

Synonyms

• falsafah