kisah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kisah, from Classical Malay kissah, from Old Malay [Term?], from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa), possibly via Persian قصه (qesse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈki.sah]
• Hyphenation: ki‧sah

Noun

kisah (plural kisah-kisah)

1. story, tale
2. occurrence

Synonyms

• (story, tale): riwayat, cerita
• (occurrence): kejadian

Derived terms

Terms derived from kisah

• berkisah (“to tell a story (about)”)
• mengisahkan (“to narrate”)
• terkisah (“to be narrated”)
• kisahan
• pengisahan (“narration, story telling”)

Further reading

• “kisah” 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.