cahaya

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa(h)aja/
• Hyphenation: ca‧ha‧ya

Noun

cahaya

1. light (electromagnetic waves) (Jawi spelling چهايا)

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tjahaja (1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā, “lustre, light”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈhaja/ [t͡ʃaˈha.ja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ca‧ha‧ya

Noun

cahaya (plural cahaya-cahaya)

1. glow
2. light
3. ray

Derived terms

• bercahaya
• dicahayai
• dicahayakan
• mencahayai
• mencahayakan
• pencahaya
• pencahayaan
• percahayaan

• cahaya awan
• cahaya hilang
• cahaya kutub
• cahaya lampu akting
• cahaya lembayung
• cahaya masuk
• cahaya mata
• cahaya muka
• cahaya pantul
• cahaya serta
• cahaya tebar
• cahaya tembus

• tahun cahaya

See also

• kilat (flash of lightning)

Further reading

• “cahaya”, 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

Etymology

From Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃä.hä.jä/, /t͡ʃä.hä.jə/

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -haja, -aja, -ja, -a

Noun

cahaya (Jawi spelling چهاي, plural cahaya-cahaya or cahaya²)

1. light
2. lustre, glow
3. ray

   Synonyms: sinar, sinaran

Derived terms

• bercahaya
• dicahayai
• dicahayakan
• mencahayai
• mencahayakan
• pencahaya
• pencahayaan

• cahaya awan
• cahaya lembayung
• cahaya masuk
• cahaya mata
• cahaya muka
• cahaya pantulan
• cahaya tembus

• tahun cahaya

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “چهاي chĕhaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 274
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “chahaya”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 178

Further reading

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

Sundanese

Noun

cahaya (Sundanese script ᮎᮠᮚ)

1. light

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay cahaya, from Sanskrit छाया (chāyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈha.ja/

Verb

cahaya

1. (intransitive) to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of cahaya (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tacahaya	macahaya	acahaya
2nd person		nacahaya	facahaya
3rd person	inanimate	icahaya	dacahaya
	animate
imperative		nacahaya, cahaya	facahaya, cahaya

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics