tarekat

tarekat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tarékat, from Arabic طَرِيقَة‎ (ṭarīqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈrɛkat̚/
• Hyphenation: ta‧rè‧kat
• Rhymes: -kat, -at, -t

Noun

tarèkat (plural tarekat-tarekat, first-person possessive tarekatku, second-person possessive tarekatmu, third-person possessive tarekatnya)

1. (Islam) way, path

   Synonym: jalan

2. (Islam) method

   Synonym: cara

3. (Islam) tariqa, religious brotherhood, dervish order.
4. (Catholicism) synonym of ordo (“order”).

Alternative forms

• tarikat, thoriqot, thariqat, tariqat

Further reading

• “tarekat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.