esensi
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch essentie, from Latin essentia (“the being or essence of a thing”), from an artificial formation of esse (“to be”), to translate Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía, “being”), from ὤν (ṓn), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am, exist”). Doublet of esens and esensial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛsɛnsi]
- Hyphenation: èsèn‧si
Noun
esensi (plural esensi-esensi, first-person possessive esensiku, second-person possessive esensimu, third-person possessive esensinya)
Further reading
- “esensi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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