kualitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin qualitas.

• Displaced from kualiteit, kualitet, kualitit, from Dutch kwaliteit, from French qualité, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitātem, accusative of quālitās, from quālis (“of what kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo- (“who, how”). Spelling influenced by English quality and Latin quālitās.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kuaˈlitas/ [ku.aˈli.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -itas
• Syllabification: ku‧a‧li‧tas

Noun

kualitas (plural kualitas-kualitas)

1. quality, level of excellence

   Synonyms: kadar, mutu

Alternative forms

• kwalitas (nonstandard)
• kwaliteit (1901–1947)
• kualiti (Johor-Riau)

Derived terms

• berkualitas

Related terms

• diskualifikasi
• kualifikasi

Further reading

• “kualitas” 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.