soal

soal

See also: Soal

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.

Alternative forms

• sole

Noun

soal (plural soals)

1. (UK, dialect) Alternative spelling of sole

Noun

soal (plural soals)

1. Obsolete form of sole (the fish)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for soal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, Salo, also, loas, salo, sola

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay soal, from Classical Malay سوٴال‎ (soal), from Arabic سُؤَال‎ (suʾāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.ʔal/
• Hyphenation: so‧al
• Rhymes: -al, -l

Noun

soal (plural soal-soal, first-person possessive soalku, second-person possessive soalmu, third-person possessive soalnya)

1. question, problem, matter, point.
2. problem, difficulty, trouble.

   Synonym: masalah

3. (education) problem, question, exercise, paper.
4. concerning, about, regarding.

Synonyms

• (education): soalan (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• bersoal
• dipersoalkan
• disoal
• disoalkan
• mempersoalkan
• menyoal
• menyoalkan
• persoalan

 

• soal jawab

 

Further reading

• “soal” 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 سُؤَال‎ (suʾāl).

Verb

menyoal

1. to ask, to question, to interrogate

   Polis sedang menyoal suspek tentang rompakan itu.

   The police are interrogating the suspect about the robbery.

Synonyms

• tanya

Derived terms

• persoalan
• soalan

Descendants

• Indonesian: soal

Further reading

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