canggih

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Musi canggeh (“talking too much”). All “sophisticated” senses are a semantic loan from English sophisticated. The sense complicated in technology was Coined by Indonesian politician Herman Johannes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaŋɡih/ [ˈt͡ʃaŋ.ɡɪh]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡih
• Syllabification: cang‧gih

Adjective

canggih (comparative lebih canggih, superlative paling canggih)

1. sophisticated
   1. complicated, especially of complex technology
   2. having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan

      Synonym: berpengalaman

   3. appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral

      Synonym: intelektual

2. (obsolete) tending to talk a lot; talkative

   Synonyms: bawel, cerewet

3. disruptive

   Synonym: ribut

Derived terms

• kecanggihan
• mencanggihkan
• pencanggihan
• secanggih

Further reading

• “canggih”, 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