tahniah

Indonesian

Etymology

From through Malay tahniah, from Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tah‧ni‧ah

Noun

tahniah (first-person possessive tahniahku, second-person possessive tahniahmu, third-person possessive tahniahnya)

1. (Islam) words or expressions of congratulations, felicitations

   Synonym: selamat

Further reading

• “tahniah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).

Verb

tahniah (Jawi spelling تهنيئه)

1. to congratulate

Interjection

tahniah (Jawi spelling تهنيئه)

1. congratulations

Further reading

• “tahniah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.