dalam

See also: dalām, daļām, and dałam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dalam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.lam/

Adjective

dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

1. deep

Derived terms

• kedalaman (“depth”)
• pendalaman (“process of deepening”)
• mendalami
• mendalamkan (“to deepen”)
• didalami (“to be deepened”)
• memperdalam (“to deepen”)
• mendalam
• sedalam-dalamnya (“as deep as possible”)

Antonyms

• dangkal

Noun

dalam (first-person possessive dalamku, second-person possessive dalammu, third-person possessive dalamnya)

1. inside, indoors
2. interior

Preposition

dalam

1. inside, in, within

---

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Cognate with Eastern Cham ꨕꨤꩌ (dalam, “in, inside”), Javanese dalem, Hiligaynon dalum, Chamorro halom (“within, inside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dalam/
• Rhymes: -alam, -lam, -am

Adjective

dalam

1. deep

Preposition

dalam

1. inside, in, within (abstract)

Derived terms

• di dalam (“in (concrete)”)
• ke dalam (“(to) inside (of), into”)
• dari dalam (“(from) inside (of)”)

---

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظَلَمَ (ẓalama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalam/

Verb

dalam (imperfect jidlam)

1. (of the night, sky, etc.) to get dark

Related terms

• dlam
• mudlam