kesehatan

Indonesian

Etymology

sehat (“healthy”) +‎ ke- -an, from Malay kesihatan. The sense “a state of balance” is a semantic loan from English health.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəsɛˈhatan]
• Hyphenation: ke‧se‧hat‧an

Noun

kêsèhatan (first-person possessive kesehatanku, second-person possessive kesehatanmu, third-person possessive kesehatannya)

1. health
   1. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
   2. A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.

      Kesehatan finansial.

      Financial health.

Further reading

• “kesehatan” 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.