falsafah
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay falsafah, from Classical Malay falsafah, from Arabic فَلْسَفَات (falsafāt), فَلْسَفَة (falsafa),[1] either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly on Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), compounded from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). Doublet of filosofi and filsafat.
Pronunciation
Noun
falsafah (first-person possessive falsafahku, second-person possessive falsafahmu, third-person possessive falsafahnya)
- philosophy: a view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
- Synonyms: filsafat, pandangan hidup
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References
Further reading
- “falsafah” 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.
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic فَلْسَفَة (falsafa), either constructed based on فَيْلَسُوف (faylasūf, “philosopher”), or based directly on Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., compounded from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).
Pronunciation
Noun
falsafah (Jawi spelling فلسفه, plural falsafah-falsafah, informal 1st possessive falsafahku, 2nd possessive falsafahmu, 3rd possessive falsafahnya)
- philosophy (academic discipline)
Synonyms
- (Indonesia) filsafat
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic
- Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Indonesian doublets
- Indonesian 3-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/fah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/fah/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h
- Rhymes:Indonesian/h/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Malay terms derived from Arabic
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/afah
- Rhymes:Malay/fah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah/3 syllables
- Malay terms with audio pronunciation
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns