haleluya
Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch halleluja, haleloeja, from Biblical Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (hal'luyáh, “Praise Yah”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /haleˈluja/ [ha.leˈlu.ja]
- Rhymes: -uja
- Syllabification: ha‧le‧lu‧ya
Interjection
[edit]haleluya
- (Christianity, chiefly Protestantism) hallelujah
Usage notes
[edit]This spelling, haleluya, is commonly used by Protestant. Roman Catholic use Latin-derived spelling aleluya, alleluya (from Dutch alleluja, from Latin allelūia).
Further reading
[edit]- “haleluya”, 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
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