arwah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay arwah, from Classical Malay ارواح (arwah), from Arabic أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ), plural of رُوح (rūḥ). Doublet of roh.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arwah (first-person possessive arwahku, second-person possessive arwahmu, third-person possessive arwahnya)
- spirit, soul: the soul of dead human.
- (figurative) spirit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “arwah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.