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masalah

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maˈsalah], [masˈʔalah]
  • Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: ma‧sa‧lah

Etymology 1

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From Malay masalah, from Classical Malay مسئله (masalah), from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala).[1]

Noun

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masalah (plural masalah-masalah)

  1. problem.
    Synonyms: perkara, persoalan, pertanyaan, problem, tanda tanya, teka-teki
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Etymology 2

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From Indonesian masyaallah, from Arabic مَا شَاءَ الله (mā šāʔa llāh).

Interjection

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masalah

  1. (colloquial) Alternative spelling of masyaallah (mashallah, what God wills; God has willed).

References

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  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʔala).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [maˈsalah], [masˈʔalah], [masaˈʔalah]
  • Rhymes: -lah

Noun

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masalah (Jawi spelling مسئله, plural masalah-masalah, informal 1st possessive masalahku, 2nd possessive masalahmu, 3rd possessive masalahnya)

  1. problem
  2. thing

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: masalah

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