dengar

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• denger (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dengar, from Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ. Doublet of rungu (“hearing ability”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /dəˈŋar/ [dəˈŋar]

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: de‧ngar

Verb

dêngar (active mendengar, passive didengar)

1. to hear
   1. (intransitive, stative) to perceive sounds through the ear
   2. (transitive, stative) to perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way

      Aku mendengar sesuatu dari bawah sana.

      I heard something from down there.

   3. (transitive) to listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.)
   4. (transitive) to receive information about; to come to learn of

      Aku baru saja mendengar kabar ini dari temanku.

      I just heard this news from my friend.

2. (transitive, colloquial) to listen

   Synonyms: dengarkan, dengari

   1. to use one's sense of hearing in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound
   2. to accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent

Derived terms

• berdengar
• dengar-dengar
• dengar-dengaran
• dengaran
• dengarkan
• kedengaran
• mendengar
• pendengar
• pendengaran
• terdengar

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈŋar/ [dəˈŋar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: de‧ngar

Verb

dengar (Jawi spelling دڠر)

1. to hear; to listen

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pendengar [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pendengaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• dengaran [repetition / reciprocity] (-an)
• dengar-dengar [reduplication] (redup)
• dengar-dengaran [reduplication + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + -an)
• kedengaran [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• mendengar [agent focus] (meN-)
• dengarkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• dengari [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
• mendengarkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mendengari [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• didengar [patient focus] (di-)
• didengarkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• didengari [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• terdengar [agentless action] (teR-)
• berdengar [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Ambonese Malay: dangar
• Indonesian: dêngar

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

From denu +‎ -gar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡar/

Adjective

dengar (feminine singular dengar, plural dengar, equative mor ddengar, comparative mwy dengar, superlative mwyaf dengar)

1. attractive, alluring, charming

   Yng Nghyrmu mae'r gwŷr yn fwy dengar, yn enwedig plant Mars.

   In Wales the men are more alluring, especially to Martian children.

Usage notes

The ng in dengar is considered to be two separate letters, n and g, and is pronounced /ŋɡ/.

Derived terms

• dengarwch

Mutation

Mutated forms of dengar

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dengar	ddengar	nengar	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “dengar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies