yakin

English

Noun

yakin (plural yakin or yakins)

  1. A large Himalayan antelope, Budorcas taxicolor

Synonyms

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay yakin, from Arabic يَقِين (yaqīn, “certain, undoubted”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

yakin (comparative lebih yakin, superlative paling yakin)

  1. convinced, positive
    Synonym: percaya
  2. sure, certain
    Synonym: pasti
  3. confident
    Synonym: percaya diri

Derived terms

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

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

yakin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やきん

Kalasha

Noun

yakin

  1. trust, belief

Synonyms

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic يَقِين (yaqīn, “certain, undoubted”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ja.ken]
  • Rhymes: -kin, -in
  • Hyphenation: ya‧kin

Adjective

yakin (Jawi spelling يقين)

  1. Confident:
    1. Certain, sure, convinced.
      Synonym: pasti
      Saya tak yakin pasal bila dia tiba.
      I'm not confident about when he's arriving.
    2. Trusting towards something.
      Synonym: percaya
      Bos aku tak yakin dengan aku.
      My boss isn't confident in me.

Affixations

  • berkeyakinan
  • ketidakyakinan
  • keyakinan (“confidence”)
  • meyakinkan (“convincing, trustworthy; serious”)
  • yakin-yakini
  • yakini (“to be confident in”)
  • yakinkan (“to convince”)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: yakin

Further reading

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