dakwah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dakwah, from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aʔwah]
• Hyphenation: dak‧wah

Noun

dakwah (plural dakwah-dakwah)

1. proselytization, proselytisation

   Synonym: penyiaran

   1. (Islam) dawah: Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching
2. sermon, speech

   Synonyms: ceramah, khotbah, pidato, syarahan, warta

3. propaganda

   Synonyms: propaganda, penerangan

Alternative forms

• da'wah

Affixed terms

• berdakwah
• mendakwah
• mendakwahi
• pendakwah

Compounds

• dakwah bilhal
• dakwah bilmal

Further reading

• “dakwah”, 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