tentang

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tentang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təntaŋ/

Preposition

tentang

1. About;
   1. With regard to; on account of; on the subject of.
   2. Dealing with the subject of; on.

      Undang-undang mengenai mata uang ― Law on currency

   3. as to

      Synonyms: dengan maksud, mengenai

   4. with reference to

      Synonyms: berhubungan dengan, berkenaan dengan

   5. in respect of; in respect to; with respect to

      Synonyms: berkenaan dengan, mengenai, perihal

   6. as for

      Synonyms: akan, kalau, mengenai

   7. concerning; regarding; respecting

      Synonyms: akan, berkenaan dengan, mengenai, perihal

   8. as regards

      Synonyms: bertalian dengan, mengenai, perihal, sehubungan dengan

   9. pertaining to

      Synonym: mengenai

   10. over

       Synonym: atas

Synonyms

• perkara, terhadap
• hadapan, hal, ihwal
• perihal

Derived terms

• bertentangan (“being in contradiction, incompatible”)
• menentang (“to oppose, to defy”)
• menentangi (“to fight, to oppose repeatedly”)
• mempertentangkan (“to set against”)
• penetang (“opponent, the opposition”)
• penetangan (“opposition, resistance”)
• pertentangan (“conflict, controversy”)

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təntaŋ/
• Rhymes: -əntaŋ, -taŋ, -aŋ

Preposition

tentang (Jawi spelling تنتڠ)

1. about (concerning)

Synonyms

• berkaitan dengan / برکاءيتن دڠن
• berkenaan dengan / برکناءن دڠن
• darihal / دريحال
• mengenai / مڠناءي

Descendants

• Indonesian: tentang

Further reading

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