laknat
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay laknat, from Arabic لَعْنَة (laʿna).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaknat̚/
- Rhymes: -nat, -at, -t
- Hyphenation: lak‧nat
Noun
laknat (plural laknat-laknat, first-person possessive laknatku, second-person possessive laknatmu, third-person possessive laknatnya)
- curse, malediction
- evil spirit.
Adjective
laknat
- cursed
Derived terms
- dilaknat
- melaknat
References
- 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
- “laknat” 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
From Arabic لَعْنَة (laʿna).
Noun
laknat (Jawi spelling لعنة, plural laknat-laknat, informal 1st possessive laknatku, 2nd possessive laknatmu, 3rd possessive laknatnya)
- a curse, ruin
- a cursed person
Synonyms
- kutuk
- murka
Derived terms
- laknatullah (“cursed by God, an enemy of Islam”)
- melaknat (“to be cursed”)
- terlaknat (“to fall under a curse”)
- waknat (“to be cursed, cursed”) (Internet slang)
Descendants
- Indonesian: laknat
Further reading
- “laknat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.