madah
Iban
Etymology
From m + padah
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [madəah]
- Hyphenation: ma‧dah
- Rhymes: -dah
Verb
madah
- to tell
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmadah]
- Hyphenation: ma‧dah
Etymology 1
From Arabic مَدْح (madḥ, “praise”).
Noun
madah (first-person possessive madahku, second-person possessive madahmu, third-person possessive madahnya)
- praise
- Synonym: pujian
- (obsolete) word
- Synonym: kata
Derived terms
- bermadah
- bermadah-madah
- memadahkan
- pemadah
Etymology 2
From Arabic مَدَّة (madda, “maddah”).
Noun
madah (first-person possessive madahku, second-person possessive madahmu, third-person possessive madahnya)
- maddah: An Arabic diacritic; In the Qur'an, it indicates an extra long vowel and can appear over any long vowel.
Alternative forms
- mad
- maddah
Further reading
- “madah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.