akhir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay akhir, from Classical Malay اخير (akhir, “last”), from Arabic آخِر (ʔāḵir, “last; end”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈaxir/ [ˈa.xɪr]
  • Rhymes: -axir
  • Syllabification: a‧khir
• (colloquial, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈakhir/ [ˈak̚.hɪr], /ˈahir/ [ˈa.hɪr], /ˈakir/ [ˈa.kɪr]
  • Syllabification: ak‧hir, a‧khir

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Noun

akhir (first-person possessive akhirku, second-person possessive akhirmu, third-person possessive akhirnya)

1. end

Alternative forms

• achir (pre-1947, 1947-1972)
• ahir

Derived terms

• akhir-akhirnya
• akhiran
• akhirnya
• berakhir
• berakhirkan
• mengakhiri
• mengakhirkan
• pengakhiran
• terakhir

 

• akhir bulan
• akhir hayat
• akhir kata
• akhir klimaks
• akhir larva
• akhir minggu
• akhir pekan
• akhir tahun
• akhir zaman

 

Further reading

• “akhir” 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.