madah

Iban

Etymology

From m +‎ padah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [madəah]
• Hyphenation: ma‧dah
• Rhymes: -dah

Verb

madah

1. to tell

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmadah]
• Hyphenation: ma‧dah

Etymology 1

From Arabic مَدْح (madḥ, “praise”).

Noun

madah (first-person possessive madahku, second-person possessive madahmu, third-person possessive madahnya)

1. praise

   Synonym: pujian

2. (obsolete) word

   Synonym: kata

Derived terms

• bermadah
• bermadah-madah
• memadahkan
• pemadah

 

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَدَّة (madda, “maddah”).

Noun

madah (first-person possessive madahku, second-person possessive madahmu, third-person possessive madahnya)

1. maddah: An Arabic diacritic; In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.

Alternative forms

• mad
• maddah

 

Further reading

• “madah” 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.