lahir

lahir

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• zahir: nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay

Etymology

From Malay zahir, lahir, from Classical Malay ظاهير‎ (zahir), لاهير‎ (lahir), from Arabic ظاهِر‎ (ẓāhir).[1] Doublet of zahir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlahɪr/
• Hyphenation: la‧hir
• Rhymes: -hɪr, -ɪr, -r

Verb

lahir

1. to be born

Noun

lahir (first-person possessive lahirku, second-person possessive lahirmu, third-person possessive lahirnya)

1. appearance

Synonyms

• keduniaan, jasmani

Derived terms

• kelahiran
• melahirkan
• terlahir

 

• lahir batin
• lahir dini
• lahir hidup
• lahir lotus
• lahir mati
• lahir muda
• lahir prematur

 

References

1. Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

Further reading

• “lahir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ظاهِر‎ (ẓāhir).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ir

Verb

lahir (Jawi spelling لاهير‎)

1. to be born

Derived terms

• kelahiran
• melahirkan

Adjective

lahir (Jawi spelling لاهير‎)

1. clear, visible
2. exterior, outward

Further reading

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