percaya

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• pertjaja (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay percaya, from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: per‧ca‧ya

Verb

pêrcaya (active percaya, passive dipercaya)

1. (transitive, intransitive with a preposition) to believe, to have trust

   Synonym: (transitive) percayai

   Aku percaya kepadanya.

   I believe him.

   Aku percaya bahwa dia mengatakan yang sesungguhnya.

   I believe that he is telling the truth.

Derived terms

• kepercayaan (“trust; belief; right-hand, trusted”)
  • kepercayaan diri (“self-confidence”)
• ketepercayaan (“trustworthiness”)
• (transitive) percayai (“to trust”)
• (transitive, sometimes ditransitive) percayakan (“to entrust”)
• tepercaya (“trusted, trustworthy”)

• percaya angin (“to trust a lie”, literally “to trust wind”)
• percaya diri (“self-confident”, literally “self-trust”)

See also

• amanat
• yakin

Further reading

• “percaya”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

percaya

1. romanization of ꦥꦼꦂꦕꦪ

Malay

Alternative forms

• caya (informal)

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəˈt͡ʃajə/ [pəˈt͡ʃa.jə]
  • Rhymes: -ajə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
  • Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: per‧ca‧ya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).

Adjective

percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي, comparative lebih percaya, superlative paling percaya), sometimes used in the form percaya akan.

1. believing

   Orang Islam wajib percaya kepada hari kiamat.

   It is obligatory for Muslims to believe in (lit. "be believing towards") judgement day.

2. trusting

   Aku percaya kepada kau sebab aku tahu kau orang yang jujur.

   I trust (lit. "am trusting towards") you because I know you're an honest person.

Derived terms

Affixations

• berkepercayaan
• dipercayai
• dipercayakan
• kepercayaan
• ketidakpercayaan
• mempercayai
• mempercayakan
• percaya-mempercayai
• percayai
• percayakan

Compounds

• undi tidak percaya

Idioms

• undi angin lalu

Descendants

• > Indonesian: percaya (inherited)
• → Maranao: paratiyaya
• → Tausug: paratsaya

Etymology 2

Clipping of mempercayai and percayai.

Verb

percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي)

1. (informal) alternative form of mempercayai and percayai

   Kau percaya ke apa yang dia kata?

   Do you believe what he said?

Further reading

• "percaya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017