Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan)[1] via Malay makna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʔna/
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  • Rhymes: -na, -a
  • Hyphenation: mak‧na

Noun edit

makna (plural makna-makna, first-person possessive maknaku, second-person possessive maknamu, third-person possessive maknanya)

  1. meaning (of a word or similar)
    Synonyms: arti, pengertian
  2. meaning, significance
    Synonym: kepentingan

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan).

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -a

Noun edit

makna (Jawi spelling معنا, plural makna-makna, informal 1st possessive maknaku, 2nd possessive maknamu, 3rd possessive maknanya)

  1. meaning

Further reading edit