bidah

English

Noun

bidah (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bid'a

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay بدعة (bidaah), from Arabic بِدْعَة (bidʕa). Doublet of bidat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbidah/ [ˈbit̪̚.ah]
• Rhymes: -idah
• Syllabification: bid‧ah

Noun

bidah (plural bidah-bidah)

1. (Islam) bid'a: heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship.
2. heresy:
   1. (religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs.

      Synonym: bidat

   2. (Catholicism) the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith.
3. (figurative) lie; falsehood

   Synonyms: dusta, kebohongan

Alternative forms

• bidaah (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• dibidahkan
• kebidahan
• membidahkan

• bidah hasanah

Further reading

• “bidah” 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.

Navajo

Adverb

bidah

1. downward from a height

Synonyms

• adah
• hadah