abdas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay abdas, from Classical Malay ابدس (abdas), from Persian آبدست (âbdest) of آب (âb, water) + دست (dast, hand).[1] Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦱ꧀ (abdas), Sundanese ᮃᮘ᮪ᮓᮞ᮪ (abdas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapdas/
  • Hyphenation: ab‧das
  • Rhymes: -das, -as, -s

Noun

abdas (plural abdas-abdas, first-person possessive abdasku, second-person possessive abdasmu, third-person possessive abdasnya)

  1. (Islam) ablution, abdest
    Synonym: wudu

Derived terms

  • berabdas

References

  1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation, page 117-144

Further reading

Latin

Verb

abdās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of abdō
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