kepercayaan

Indonesian

Alternative forms
  • kepertjajaan (pre-1967)

Etymology

Affixed ke- +‎ percaya +‎ -an, from Malay kepercayaan, from Classical Malay kepercayaan (“trusted person”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kəpərt͡ʃaˈjaan]

Noun

kepercayaan (first-person possessive kepercayaanku, second-person possessive kepercayaanmu, third-person possessive kepercayaannya)

  1. belief
    1. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
    2. Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
    3. Something believed.
    4. Any religious faith.
  2. (law) religion or faith outside the five official religions in Indonesia (Buddha, Catholic, Confucianism, Islam and Protestant) in general, specifically Indonesian folk religions.
  3. credence
  4. trusted person

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