tanah

See also: Tanah

English

Noun

tanah (plural tanahs)

1. Alternative form of thana

Anagrams

• tanha, Ahtna, athan, Atnah, thana, Anath, Thana, Athan, tahan

Balinese

Romanization

tanah

1. Romanization of ᬢᬦᬄ

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanah/
• Hyphenation: ta‧nah

Noun

tanah

1. soil (mixture of sand and organic material)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Noun

tanah

1. earth; soil
2. land; ground
3. country

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtanah/ [ˈt̪a.nah]

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• Rhymes: -anah
• Syllabification: ta‧nah

Noun

tanah (countable and uncountable, plural tanah-tanah)

1. earth, soil, dirt (unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
2. ground (the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground)
3. (rare) ground (basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork)

   Synonym: dasar

4. land (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

   Synonyms: daratan, lahan

5. land (real estate or landed property)
6. land (a country or region)

   Synonyms: negara, negeri

Derived terms

• bertanah
• mengetanahkan
• pengetanahan
• pertanahan

• tanah adat
• tanah air
• tanah alitik
• tanah alkali
• tanah aluvial
• tanah andosol
• tanah asam
• tanah azonal
• tanah basa
• tanah basah
• tanah beku
• tanah bencah
• tanah bendang
• tanah bengkok
• tanah bera
• tanah berat
• tanah bergamping
• tanah beroya
• tanah bersertifikat
• tanah bersurat
• tanah berumput
• tanah bijana
• tanah cempaka
• tanah cokelat
• tanah dangkal
• tanah darat
• tanah datar
• tanah dati
• tanah daun
• tanah diatomea
• tanah dingin
• tanah gambut
• tanah garapan
• tanah gembur
• tanah genting
• tanah gersang
• tanah glei
• tanah goyang
• tanah grumusol
• tanah gundul
• tanah guntai
• tanah gurun
• tanah hidromorfik
• tanah hidup
• tanah histosol
• tanah humus
• tanah hutan
• tanah intrazonal
• tanah kampung
• tanah kapur
• tanah kerajaan
• tanah keras
• tanah kering
• tanah kosong
• tanah kritis
• tanah kuburan
• tanah kuripan
• tanah kurus
• tanah labu
• tanah laku
• tanah lantar
• tanah lapang
• tanah larangan
• tanah laterit
• tanah latosol
• tanah ledok
• tanah leluhur
• tanah lembut
• tanah liat
• tanah liat primer
• tanah liat sekunder
• tanah litosol
• tanah mediteran
• tanah merah
• tanah organosol
• tanah pasir
• tanah perponding
• tanah persil
• tanah podzol
• tanah podzolit
• tanah pusaka
• tanah puso
• tanah rantau
• tanah raya
• tanah regosol
• tanah renzina
• tanah ringan
• tanah seberang
• tanah semenanjung
• tanah siaran
• tanah suci
• tanah suku
• tanah talau
• tanah tegalan
• tanah tegar
• tanah tersirah
• tanah tersirat
• tanah tinggal
• tanah tinggi
• tanah titisan
• tanah tumpah darah
• tanah ulayah
• tanah ulayat
• tanah uruk
• tanah usaha
• tanah vulkanik
• tanah wakaf
• tanah waris
• tanah warisan
• tanah yasan
• tanah zonal

• sertifikat tanah

Further reading

• “tanah” 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.

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦠꦤꦃ
Pegon
Roman	tanah

Romanization

tanah

1. Romanization of ꦠꦤꦃ

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq

Proto-Malayic *tanah

Malay tanah

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tanah/
• Rhymes: -anah, -nah, -ah

Noun

tanah (Jawi spelling تانه, plural tanah-tanah, informal 1st possessive tanahku, 2nd possessive tanahmu, 3rd possessive tanahnya)

1. ground
2. land
3. earth

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• bertanah (“to own land”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• mengetanahkan (“to lower to the ground; to bury”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tanah

Further reading

• “tanah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

Noun

tanah

1. land

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq, probably borrowed from Malay tanah or Javanese tanah. Doublet of taneuh.

Noun

tanah (Sundanese script ᮒᮔᮂ)

1. land
2. district
3. estate