faham
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
faham (uncountable)
- The leaves of an orchid (Jumellea fragrans) of the islands of Réunion and Mauritius, used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Translations edit
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “faham”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
faham (first-person possessive fahamku, second-person possessive fahammu, third-person possessive fahamnya)
- Nonstandard form of paham.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
faham (Jawi spelling فهم)
- understanding
- Synonyms: fahaman, pengertian
- viewpoint, opinion
- ideology
- Synonym: ideologi
- faham komunisme ― the ideology of communism
- faham kapitalisme ― the ideology of capitalism
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Verb edit
faham (Jawi spelling فهم)
- to understand
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “faham” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.