derhaka

Malay

Alternative forms

• durhaka

Etymology

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (drohaka), from Sanskrit द्रोहक (drohaka, “injury, mischief, harm, perfidy, treachery, wrong, offence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dərhaka/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [dərˈhäkä], [dərˈhäkə]
• Rhymes: -akə, -kə, -ka

Noun

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک, informal 1st possessive derhakaku, 2nd possessive derhakamu, 3rd possessive derhakanya)

1. treason (disloyalty to the Sultan or State)
2. disobedience (to the lawful authority of an official superior, or of a child to the parents)
3. infidelity (of a wife to a husband, or of a man to his vows)

Adjective

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک)

1. rebellious; treacherous; impious

Synonyms

• khianat (“treachery, treason, betrayal”) (in a more general context)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penderhaka [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penderhakaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• kederhakaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
• menderhaka [agent focus] (meN-)
• menderhakai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• diderhakai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• berderhaka [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

• “derhaka” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.