syak
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- sak
Etymology
From Malay syak, from Arabic شَكّ (šakk, “doubt”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃak̚/
- Rhymes: -ʃak, -ak, -k
- Hyphenation: syak
Noun
syak (plural syak-syak, first-person possessive syakku, second-person possessive syakmu, third-person possessive syaknya)
- doubt
- Synonyms: kecurigaan, keraguan
Adjective
syak
- doubt
- Synonyms: curiga, ragu, sangsi
Derived terms
- disyaki
- mensyaki
- syak hati
- syak wasangka
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
- “syak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.