kuarantin

Malay

Etymology

From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port, from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).

Noun

kuarantin (Jawi spelling کوارنتين, plural kuarantin-kuarantin, informal 1st possessive kuarantinku, 2nd possessive kuarantinmu, 3rd possessive kuarantinnya)

1. quarantine, a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed or feared to be infected.

Alternative forms

• karantina (Indonesia)