pengetahuan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pengetahuan. Equivalent to ke- +‎ tahu +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəŋətaˈhuan/ [pə.ŋə.t̪aˈhu.an]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pe‧nge‧ta‧hu‧an
• Rhymes: -uan, -an, -n

Noun

pêngêtahuan (plural pengetahuan-pengetahuan) (uncountable)

1. knowledge
   1. the fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
   2. awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something
   3. intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information
   4. familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
   5. (philosophy) justified true belief
   6. the total of what is known; all information and products of learning

Synonyms

• (intellectual understanding, familiarity or understanding of particular skill): ilmu

Further reading

• “pengetahuan”, 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

Malay

Etymology

peng- +‎ tahu +‎ -an.

Noun

pengetahuan (Jawi spelling ڤڠتاهوان, plural pengetahuan-pengetahuan or pengetahuan²)

1. knowledge
2. something known
3. intelligence

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pengetahuan (inherited)

Further reading

• “pengetahuan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017