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paham

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    Arabic فَهْم (fahm)bor.
    Malay faham
    Indonesian paham

    From Malay faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ham/
    • Rhymes: -ham
    • Hyphenation: pa‧ham

    Noun

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    paham

    1. understanding
      1. (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends.
      2. (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer
      3. (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
    2. (countable) view (a way of understanding something)
      Synonyms: aliran, haluan, pandangan

    Verb

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    paham

    1. to understand
      Synonym: (mostly transitive) erti
      1. (intransitive) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
      2. (intransitive) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
      3. (transitive) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
      4. (intransitive) To know the causes of or reasons for.
      5. (transitive) To believe/think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
      6. (intransitive) To comprehend or grasp (some particular matter); to have comprehension (in general).

    Adjective

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    paham (comparative lebih paham, superlative paling paham or terpaham, equative sepaham)

    1. understood (having been understood or comprehended)
      Synonym: memahami

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    • Sometimes, some of the intransitive senses can be transitive (used without an intransitive verb-linker), even though this verb is not conjugatable in this form.

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    Malay

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    Etymology

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    Nativization of faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”).

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    paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

    1. Alternative form of faham.

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    paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

    1. Alternative form of faham.

    Welsh

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    Adverb

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    paham

    1. why (literary)
      Paham wyt ti yma?
      Why are you here?
    2. wherefore
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