kopiah

kopiah (plural kopiahs)

1. Synonym of songkok (“type of Asian cap”).

Borrowed from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kōfiyya). Semantic loan from Dutch bivakmuts.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /koˈpiah/ [koˈpi.ah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: ko‧pi‧ah

kopiah (plural kopiah-kopiah)

1. songkok

   Synonyms: peci, songkok

2. (obsolete) balaclava

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kopiah.

• “kopiah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kōfiyya).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopjah/ [ˈko.pjah]
• Hyphenation: ko‧piah

kopiah (Jawi spelling کوڤياه, plural kopiah-kopiah)

1. small, rounded skullcap worn by Muslim men during prayers, taqiyah

   Synonym: ketayap

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kopiah.

• “kopiah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.