berkat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay barkat, berkat, from Classical Malay berkat (“blessing”), from Arabic بَارَكَ (bāraka, “to bless, to sanction”). Doublet of berkah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bərˈkat]
• Hyphenation: bêr‧kat

Noun

bêrkat (first-person possessive berkatku, second-person possessive berkatmu, third-person possessive berkatnya)

1. blessing.
2. blessed food.

Verb

bêrkat

1. (colloquial) to bless, to invoke divine favor upon.

Preposition

bêrkat

1. (colloquial) thanks to, because of.

Derived terms

• keberkatan
• memberkati
• pemberkatan
• terberkati

 

Further reading

• “berkat” 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.