tabir
Brunei Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”). Cognate with Malay tabir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabir
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay tabir, from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabir (plural tabir-tabir, first-person possessive tabirku, second-person possessive tabirmu, third-person possessive tabirnya)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tabir” 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
From Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr, “to get across”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabir (Jawi spelling تابير, plural tabir-tabir, informal 1st possessive tabirku, 2nd possessive tabirmu, 3rd possessive tabirnya)
- Synonym of langsir (“curtain”)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: tabir
Further reading edit
- “tabir” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تعبیر (ta'bir), from Arabic تَعْبِير (taʕbīr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tabir (definite accusative tabiri, plural tabirler)