tabah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtabah]
• Hyphenation: ta‧bah

Etymology 1

From Malay tabah, from Betawi [Term?] or Javanese tabah, probably from Sanskrit तवाः (tavāḥ), a declension of तवस् (tavas, “strong”).

Adjective

tabah

1. tough
2. bold, determined, firm.

   Synonym: berani

Derived terms

• ketabahan
• menabahkan

 

• tabah hati

 

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Verb

tabah

1. alternative form of tebah (“to hit to/with flat thing”)

Further reading

• “tabah” 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.