alamas

Estonian edit

Noun edit

alamas

inessive singular of alam

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay almas, alamas, from Classical Malay الماس (almas), الامس (alamas), from Persian (almâs), from Middle Persian ʾlmʾs (almās).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈala.mas]
Hyphenation: ala‧mas

Noun edit

alamas (plural alamas-alamas, first-person possessive alamasku, second-person possessive alamasmu, third-person possessive alamasnya)

(obsolete) diamond.
Synonyms: berlian, intan, karbonado

References edit

^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading edit

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

[1] Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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