harfiah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay harfiah, from Arabic حَرْفِيَّة (ḥarfiyya).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [harˈfiah]
  • Rhymes: -ah, -h
  • Hyphenation: har‧fi‧ah

Adjective

harfiah (comparative lebih harfiah, superlative paling harfiah)

  1. literal
    Synonyms: literal, leterlek

Alternative forms

  • harafiah

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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