tahniah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From through Malay tahniah, from Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tah‧ni‧ah
Noun edit
tahniah (first-person possessive tahniahku, second-person possessive tahniahmu, third-person possessive tahniahnya)
- (Islam) words or expressions of congratulations, felicitations
- Synonym: selamat
Further reading edit
- “tahniah” 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
From Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).
Verb edit
tahniah (Jawi spelling تهنيئه)
- to congratulate
Interjection edit
tahniah (Jawi spelling تهنيئه)
Further reading edit
- “tahniah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.