awam
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ (ʿawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʿāmma).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈawam/
- Rhymes: -awam, -wam, -am, -m
- Hyphenation: awam
Adjective
awam
- common, ordinary
- Synonyms: am, umum
- public
Derived terms
- diawamkan
- keawaman
- mengawamkan
- pengawam
Noun
awam (first-person possessive awamku, second-person possessive awammu, third-person possessive awamnya)
- commoner
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
- “awam” 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 عَوَامّ (ʿawāmm), plural of عَامَّة (ʿāmma).
Adjective
awam (Jawi spelling عوام)
- public
- telefon awam
- public telephone
Synonyms
- jelata
- umum
Further reading
- “awam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.