fitnah

English

Noun

fitnah (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of fitna

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay fitnah, from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfitnah/ [ˈfit̪̚.nah]
• Rhymes: -itnah
• Syllabification: fit‧nah

Noun

fitnah (plural fitnah-fitnah)

1. (Islam) fitna
2. slander (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement)

Verb

fitnah (active memfitnah, passive difitnah)

1. to slander, defame

Derived terms

• pemfitnah (“slanderer, defamer”)
• pemfitnahan (“slandering, defamation”)
• terfitnah (“slandered, defamed”)

Malay

Pronunciation

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Noun

fitnah (Jawi spelling فتنه, plural fitnah-fitnah, informal 1st possessive fitnahku, 2nd possessive fitnahmu, 3rd possessive fitnahnya)

1. slander

Verb

fitnah (used in the form memfitnah)

1. to slander someone