abad emas
Malay
Etymology
From abad (“century, age”) + emas (“golden”). Calque of English golden age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a.bad.ə.mas]
- Hyphenation: a‧bad‧e‧mas
- Rhymes: -mas
Noun
abad emas (Jawi spelling ابد امس, plural abad-abad emas, informal 1st possessive abad emasku, 2nd possessive abad emasmu, 3rd possessive abad emasnya)
- golden age
- Synonyms: abad keemasan, zaman keemasan
References
- “abad emas” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1.