indah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindah/
• Hyphenation: in‧dah

Adjective

indah (superlative terindah, equative seindah)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: cantik, elok

Verb

indah (benefactive indahkan)

1. (intransitive) to care, to pay attention

   Synonyms: peduli, perhatikan

Further reading

• “indah” 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.

Javanese

Alternative forms

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ
Roman	indah

Etymology

From Old Javanese indah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
• Hyphenation: in‧dah

Verb

indah

1. hear, listen

Adjective

indah

1. being different, extraordinary beauty

Related terms

• endah

 

Descendants

• Banyumasan: indah
• → Betawi: indah
• → Indonesian: indah
• → Malay: indah

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “indah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah), from Old Javanese indah.

Adjective

indah (Jawi spelling اينده)

1. beautiful, lovely, attractive, fine, precious

   indah permai ― very beautiful

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pengindah (“beautifier”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pengindahan (“beautification”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• keindahan (“beauty”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• indah-indah [reduplication] (redup)
• seindah (“as beautiful as”) [comparability] (se-)
• perindah (“to decorate”) [causative passive] (peR-)
• memperindah (“to embellish”) [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
• diperindah (“to be beautified”) [causative passive + patient focus] (peR- + di-)
• indahkan (“to treat or regard as precious”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• indahi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• mengindahkan (“to beautify”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• diindahkan (“to be beautified”) [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• terindah (“the most beautiful”) [agentless action] (teR-)

Further reading

• “indah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈīn.dɑːh]
• Hyphenation: in‧dah

Verb

indah

1. hear, listen

Adjective

indah

1. being different, extraordinary beauty

Related terms

• endah

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦶꦤ꧀ꦢꦃ (indah)
  • Banyumasan: indah
• ⇒ Betawi: indah
• ⇒ Indonesian: indah
• ⇒ Malay: indah
• Osing: indah
• Tengger: indah

References

• P.J. Zoetmulder, S.O. Robson (1982) Old Javanese-English Dictionary, Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “hear! listen! (in addressing gods and persons of high rank) / out of the ordinary, unusual, extraordinary, striking, astounding, extraordinarily beautiful (etc); it is amazing!”