dadah
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay dadah.
Noun
dadah (uncountable)
- (Malaysia) recreational drugs
Anagrams
- Hadad, hadda
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdadah]
- Hyphenation: da‧dah
Etymology 1
From dah (“bye”), from Dutch dag (“goodbye”), from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
Interjection
dadah
- (colloquial) goodbye
Alternative forms
- dah-dah
Etymology 2
From Malay dadah.
Noun
dadah (first-person possessive dadahku, second-person possessive dadahmu, third-person possessive dadahnya)
- (rare) recreational drugs
Derived terms
- pendadah
- pendadahan
Further reading
- “dadah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dadah/
- Rhymes: -adah, -dah, -ah
- Hyphenation: da‧dah
Audio (MY) (file)
Noun
dadah (Jawi spelling داده, plural dadah-dadah, informal 1st possessive dadahku, 2nd possessive dadahmu, 3rd possessive dadahnya)
- recreational drugs
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- pendadah (“storage for drugs”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
Further reading
- “dadah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.