bahas

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbahas/ [ˈba.has]
• Rhymes: -ahas
• Syllabification: ba‧has

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay bahas, from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Verb

bahas (base bahas, imperative bahas, active membahas, ordinary passive dibahas, adversative passive terbahas)

1. (transitive, imperative, colloquial) to talk about, to discuss

   Synonyms: bicarakan, perkatakan

2. (transitive, imperative, colloquial) to investigate, to inspect

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahas (meng-, transitive)

root	bahas
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membahas	terbahas	dibahas	bahas	bahaslah
accusative / dative / locative	membahasi	–	dibahasi	bahasi	bahasilah
perfective causative / applicative2	membahaskan	terbahaskan	dibahaskan	bahaskan	bahaskanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• bahasan
• berbahas-bahasan
• berbahasan
• membahas
• pembahas
• pembahasan
• perbahasan
• terbahas

Etymology 2

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Root

bahas (base bahas, imperative bahas, active membahas, ordinary passive dibahas, adversative passive terbahas)

1. (obsolete) filling a crack

Conjugation

Conjugation of bahas (meng-, transitive)

root	bahas
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	membahas	terbahas	dibahas	bahas	bahaslah
accusative / dative / locative	membahasi	–	dibahasi	bahasi	bahasilah
perfective causative / applicative2	membahaskan	terbahaskan	dibahaskan	bahaskan	bahaskanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative2	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Further reading

• “bahas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• bahath (1924-1972)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَحْث (baḥṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bahas/, /-ħaθ/
• Rhymes: -has, -as
• Hyphenation: ba‧has

Noun

bahas (Jawi spelling بحث, plural bahas-bahas or bahas²)

1. An investigation, an inspection.

   Synonyms: penyelidikan, pemeriksaan

2. A discussion.

   Synonyms: perbincangan, pengupasan

3. A debate.

   Synonym: debat

Affixations

• bahasan
• bahaskan
• berbahas
• berbahas-bahasan
• pembahas
• pembahasan
• perbahasan

Compounds

• ilmu bahas

Verb

bahas (Jawi spelling بحث, active membahas, 3rd person passive dibahas)

1. (transitive) To debate something.

   Synonym: debat

   Isu ini dibahas di parlimen minggu lepas.

   This issue was debated in parliament last week.

2. (transitive) To examine, to investigate.

Further reading

• "bahas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017