istimewa
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay istimewa, from Classical Malay istimewa, said to be from Sanskrit आस्तामेव (āstāmeva, literally “May it keep on being so.”), i.e. आस्ताम् (āstām), the middle-voice 3rd-person singular imperative of आस् (ās, “to sit; to continue; to exist; to last”) + एव (eva), a particle for emphasis.[1] However, the form may have been influenced by Arabic loanwords.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]istimèwa
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ J. G. de Casparis (1997) Sanskrit Loanwords in Indonesian (Linguistic studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia)[1], volume 41, Jakarta: Unika Atma Jaya, page 19.
Further reading
[edit]- “istimewa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Malay istimewa, said to be from Sanskrit आस्तामेव (āstāmeva, literally “May it keep on being so.”), i.e. आस्ताम् (āstām), the middle-voice 3rd-person singular imperative of आस् (ās, “to sit; to continue; to exist; to last”) + एव (eva), a particle for emphasis.[1] However, the form may have been influenced by Arabic loanwords.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]istimewa (Jawi spelling ايستيميوا)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ J. G. de Casparis (1997) Sanskrit Loanwords in Indonesian (Linguistic studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia)[2], volume 41, Jakarta: Unika Atma Jaya, page 19.
Further reading
[edit]- “istimewa” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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