hidayah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hidayah, from Arabic هِدَايَة (hidāya, “guidance”), هَدَى (hadā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiˈdajah/
• Rhymes: -jah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: hi‧da‧yah

Noun

hidayah (plural hidayah-hidayah, first-person possessive hidayahku, second-person possessive hidayahmu, third-person possessive hidayahnya)

1. (Islam) guidance

   Synonyms: bimbingan, petunjuk

Alternative forms

• hidayat

Further reading

• “hidayah” 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.