sembahyang
Indonesian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
inherited from Malay sembahyang, equivalent to sembah + hyang.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sembahyang (first-person possessive sembahyangku, second-person possessive sembahyangmu, third-person possessive sembahyangnya)
- prayer
- Synonym: doa
- A practice of communicating with one's God.
- The specific words or methods used for praying.
- worship
Synonyms edit
- (Islam): salat
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sembahyang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Compound of sembah (“worship”) + hiang (“deity”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ, plural sembahyang-sembahyang, informal 1st possessive sembahyangku, 2nd possessive sembahyangmu, 3rd possessive sembahyangnya)
- (Islam) prayer; salat
- Synonym: solat
- Sembahyang merupakan salah satu tiang agama Islam.
- Salah is one of the pillars of Islam.
- prayer; request to God
- Synonym: doa
- Aku harapkan sembahyangku diterima oleh Tuhan.
- I hope my prayer will get accepted by God.
- (Chinese folk religion) ritual to respect one's ancestors
Verb edit
sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ)
- (Islam) to pray to God; to perform salat
- Synonym: solat
- Kamu dah sembahyang ke belum?
- Have you prayed yet?
- (Christianity) to pray in the evening
- Synonym: doa
- Orang Kristian sembahyang pada waktu petang.
- Christians pray in the evening.
- (Chinese folk religion) to perform a ritual to respect one's ancestors
Derived terms edit
Affixations edit
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: sembahyang
- Javanese: sembahyang
- Madurese: sembhâjâng, bhâjâng
Further reading edit
- “sembahyang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qiang”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary