sembahyang
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- sembayang
Etymology
From Malay sembahyang, equivalent to sembah + hyang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səmˈbahjaŋ]
- Hyphenation: sem‧bah‧yang
Noun
sembahyang (plural sembahyang-sembahyang, first-person possessive sembahyangku, second-person possessive sembahyangmu, third-person possessive sembahyangnya)
- prayer
- Synonym: doa
- A practice of communicating with one's God.
- The specific words or methods used for praying.
- worship
Synonyms
- (Islam): salat
Derived terms
- bersembahyang
- menyembahyangi
- menyembahyangkan
- persembahyangan
- sembahyangan
- sembahyang Asar
- sembahyang Isya
- sembahyang jenazah
- sembahyang kubur
- sembahyang leluhur
- sembahyang malam
- sembahyang mayat
- sembahyang pagi
- sembahyang siang
- sembahyang sore
- sembahyang Subuh
- sembahyang Tarawih
- sembahyang wajib
- sembahyang Zuhur
- upacara sembahyang
Further reading
- “sembahyang” 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
Compound of sembah (“worship”) + hiang (“deity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səmbahjaŋ/
- Rhymes: -əmbahjaŋ, -ahjaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ, plural sembahyang-sembahyang, informal 1st possessive sembahyangku, 2nd possessive sembahyangmu, 3rd possessive sembahyangnya)
- (Islam) prayer; salat
- Sembahyang merupakan salah satu tiang agama Islam.
- Salah is one of the pillars of Islam.
- Synonym: solat
- prayer; request to God
- Aku harapkan sembahyangku diterima oleh Tuhan.
- I hope my prayer will get accepted by God.
- Synonym: doa
- (Chinese folk religion) ritual to respect one's ancestors
Verb
sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ)
- (Islam) to pray to God; to perform salat
- Kamu dah sembahyang ke belum?
- Have you prayed yet?
- Synonym: solat
- (Christianity) to pray in the evening
- Orang Kristian sembahyang pada waktu petang.
- Christians pray in the evening.
- Synonym: doa
- (Chinese folk religion) to perform a ritual to respect one's ancestors
Related terms
- air sembahyang (“ablution; wudu”)
Further reading
- “sembahyang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.