fasal

Indonesian

Noun

fasal (first-person possessive fasalku, second-person possessive fasalmu, third-person possessive fasalnya)

1. Alternative form of pasal

Malay

Alternative forms

• (informal) pasal

Etymology

From Arabic فَصْل (faṣl, “chapter, paragraph, division”).

• The law sense of article is a semantic loan from Dutch artikel (“article”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasal/, /pasal/
  • (Kedah Malay) IPA^(key): [pasaj]
• Rhymes: -sal, -al

Noun

fasal (Jawi spelling فصل, plural fasal-fasal, informal 1st possessive fasalku, 2nd possessive fasalmu, 3rd possessive fasalnya)

1. (law) article: a section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

   Synonym: artikel

2. case, matter

   Synonyms: hal, perkara

3. cause, reason

   Synonyms: sebab, lantaran

Preposition

fasal (Jawi spelling فصل)

1. about

   Synonyms: berkenaan, mengenai, tentang

   Video ini fasal apa?

   What is this video about?

Conjunction

fasal (Jawi spelling فصل)

1. because

   Synonyms: kerana, lantaran, sebab

   Aku suka masakan Kelantan fasal masakan Kelantan manis.

   I like Kelantanese cuisine because it's sweet.

Further reading

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