bayangkan
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay bayangkan. Equivalent to bayang + -kan.
Verb
bayangkan (active membayangkan, passive dibayangkan)
- (transitive) to imagine
- 2017, SimulasiKredit:
- Sulit dibayangkan alasan mengapa selembar kertas bisa dianggap memiliki nilai yang sama dengan seekor kambing, misalnya, atau sebuah layar televisi.
- It's hard to imagine the reason why a piece of paper could be considered to have the same value as a goat, for example, or a television screen.
- (transitive) to fantasize
- Synonym: mengkhayalkan
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ba.jaŋ.kan]
- Hyphenation: ba‧yang‧kan
Verb
bayangkan (Jawi spelling بايڠکن, active membayangkan, 3rd person passive dibayangkan)
- to imagine (form a mental image of something)
- Synonym: imaginasikan
- to imply
- to reflect (give evidence of something)
- Synonym: cerminkan
Further reading
- “membayangkan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.