Wiktionary

awam

Indonesian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).[1]

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

awam

  1. common, ordinary
    Synonyms: am, umum
  2. public

Derived terms

edit

Noun

edit

awam (first-person possessive awamku, second-person possessive awammu, third-person possessive awamnya)

  1. commoner

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

From Arabic عَوَامّ (ʕawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʕāmma).

Pronunciation

edit

Adjective

edit

awam (Jawi spelling عوام)

  1. public
    telefon awam
    public telephone

Synonyms

edit

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=awam&oldid=80532596"