wabah

Indonesian

Etymology

From earlier wabak, from Malay wabak, wabah, from Classical Malay وابق (wabak), وابه (wabah), from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ, “epidemic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwabah]
• Hyphenation: wa‧bah

Noun

wabah (first-person possessive wabahku, second-person possessive wabahmu, third-person possessive wabahnya)

1. (epidemiology) epidemic.

   Synonyms: epidemi, taun

Alternative forms

• wabak (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• mewabah

 

Further reading

• “wabah” 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.