khasiat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khasiat, from Arabic خَاصِّيَّة‎ (ḵāṣṣiyya, “feature, property; peculiarity, specialty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.ˈsi.at/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: kha‧si‧at

Noun

khasiat (plural khasiat-khasiat, first-person possessive khasiatku, second-person possessive khasiatmu, third-person possessive khasiatnya)

1. efficacy

   Synonym: efikasi

Alternative forms

• chasiat (pre-1947)

Derived terms

• berkhasiat
• dikhasiati
• mengkhasiati

 

Further reading

• “khasiat” 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.