masalah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈsalah]
- Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: ma‧sa‧lah
Etymology 1
From Malay masalah, from Classical Malay [script needed] (masalah), from Arabic مَسْأَلَة (masʾala).[1]
Noun
masalah (plural masalah-masalah, first-person possessive masalahku, second-person possessive masalahmu, third-person possessive masalahnya)
- problem.
- Synonyms: perkara, persoalan, pertanyaan, problem, tanda tanya, teka-teki
Derived terms
- bermasalah
- dimasalahkan
- dipermasalahkan
- memasalahkan
- mempermasalahkan
- permasalahan
Etymology 2
From Indonesian masyaallah, from Arabic مَا شَاءَ الله (mā šāʾa llāh).
Interjection
masalah
- (colloquial) Alternative spelling of masyaallah (“mashallah, what God wills; God has willed”).
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
- “masalah” 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 مَسْأَلَة (masʾala).
Noun
masalah (Jawi spelling مسئله, plural masalah-masalah, informal 1st possessive masalahku, 2nd possessive masalahmu, 3rd possessive masalahnya)
- problem
- thing
Descendants
- Indonesian: masalah
Further reading
- “masalah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.