kalimah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Malay kalimah, from Arabic كَلِمَة (kalima, “speech, utterance, statement; word”). Doublet of kalimat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalimah (plural kalimah-kalimah, first-person possessive kalimahku, second-person possessive kalimahmu, third-person possessive kalimahnya)
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Further reading edit
- “kalimah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kalimah (Jawi spelling کلمه, plural kalimah-kalimah, informal 1st possessive kalimahku, 2nd possessive kalimahmu, 3rd possessive kalimahnya)
Further reading edit
- “kalimah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.