esensi
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch essentie, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am, exist”). Doublet of esens and esensial.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editesensi (plural esensi-esensi, first-person possessive esensiku, second-person possessive esensimu, third-person possessive esensinya)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “esensi” 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.