paham

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• faham (nonstandard)

Etymology

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Arabic فَهْم (fahm)bor.

Malay faham

Indonesian paham

Inherited from Malay faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpaham/ [ˈpa.ham]
• Rhymes: -aham
• Syllabification: pa‧ham

Noun

paham (plural paham-paham)

1. understanding
   1. (uncountable) the act of understanding or comprehension
   2. (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer
   3. (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook
2. (countable) view (a way of understanding something)

   Synonyms: aliran, haluan, pandangan

Verb

paham

1. (transitive or intransitive) to understand

   Synonym: (mostly transitive) erti

   1. (usually intransitive) (of communication, language, or other means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
   2. (of a skill, task, profession, etc.) to be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly
   3. (usually transitive) to comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such
   4. (usually intransitive) to know the causes of or reasons for
   5. to comprehend or grasp (particular matters or concepts); to have comprehension (in general)

Derived terms

• berpaham
• kesalingpahaman
• kesepahaman
• pahami
• pahamkan
• pemahaman
• sepaham
• terpaham
• terpahami

References

• “paham”, 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

Anagrams

• hampa

Malay

Etymology

Nativization of faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paham/
  • (schwa-variety, Kedah-Penang-Perlis) IPA^(key): [pa(h)am]

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  • (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): [pɛ(h)ɛ̃ː]

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  • (Terengganu) IPA^(key): [pa(h)aŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ham, -am
• Hyphenation: pa‧ham

Noun

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

1. alternative form of faham

Verb

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

1. alternative form of faham

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈham/ [pɐˈham]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: pa‧ham

Etymology 1

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Arabic فَهْم (fahm)bor.

Malay fahambor.

Tagalog paham

Borrowed from Malay faham, borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

Noun

pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

1. learned person; genius; sage

   Synonyms: pantas, henyo, dalubhasa, perito, letrado

2. (by extension) philosopher

   Synonym: pilosopo

3. (neologism) master (person holding a master's degree)

Derived terms

• mapaham
• palapahaman

Adjective

pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

1. learned; erudite

   Synonyms: matalino, marunong, maalam, matalisik, bihasa, dalubhasa, letrado, sabyo, erudito

2. (obsolete) skillful

   Synonyms: magaling, mahusay

   paham sa pagsasayaw ― skillful in dancing

Derived terms

• kapahaman
• magpaham
• magpaham-pahaman
• pagkapaham

Etymology 2

Noun

pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

1. alternative form of pahang

Further reading

• “paham”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “paham”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Aguilar, Reynaldo L.; Pedregrosa, Estrella M. (1978), Sinalapat na Sipnayan (Applied Mathematics), Gregorio Araneta University Foundation, page 16
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 184: “Conſumado) Paham (pc) en todas las coſſas”
  • page 323: “Fortaleça) Paham (pc) d. vino o otro licor”
  • page 497: “Primor) Paham (pc) que vno tiene en todas las coſas”

Welsh

Alternative forms

• pam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈham/

Adverb

paham

1. why (literary)

   Paham wyt ti yma?

   Why are you here?

2. wherefore