kuarantin
Malay
Etymology
From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port,[1] from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”)
Noun
kuarantin (plural kuarantin-kuarantin, informal 1st possessive kuarantinku, impolite 2nd possessive kuarantinmu, 3rd possessive kuarantinnya)
- quarantine, a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed or feared to be infected.
Alternative forms
- karantina (Indonesia)
References
- “kuarantin” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.