derhaka

Malay

Alternative forms

durhaka

Etymology

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (drohaka), from Sanskrit द्रोहक (drohaka, “injury, mischief, harm, perfidy, treachery, wrong, offence”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dərhaka/
(Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [dərˈhäkä], [dərˈhäkə]
Rhymes: -akə, -kə, -ka

Noun

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک)

treason (disloyalty to the Sultan or State)
disobedience (to the lawful authority of an official superior, or of a child to the parents)
infidelity (of a wife to a husband, or of a man to his vows)

Adjective

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک)

rebellious; treacherous; impious

Synonyms

khianat (“treachery, treason, betrayal”) (in a more general context)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

penderhaka [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
penderhakaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
kederhakaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
menderhaka [agent focus] (meN-)
menderhakai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
diderhakai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
berderhaka [stative / habitual] (beR-)