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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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salah

  1. Alternative form of salat.

Etymology 2

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From Malay salah.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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salah (not comparable)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, predicative) Wrong, incorrect.

Anagrams

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Chinese

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Etymology

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From Malay salah.

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salah

  1. (Singapore Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) Wrong, incorrect.

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 錯, 不對, 錯誤
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 錯, 左
Taiwan 錯, 不對
Malaysia 錯, 不對
Singapore 錯, 不對
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 錯, 差
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 錯
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 錯
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 錯, 拐
Wuhan 錯, 左
Guilin 錯
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 差
Yangzhou 錯
Hefei 錯
Cantonese Guangzhou 錯, 唔啱
Hong Kong 錯, 唔啱
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 錯
Macau 錯
Guangzhou (Panyu) 錯
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 唔啱
Guangzhou (Conghua) 錯
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 錯
Foshan 錯
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 錯
Foshan (Shunde) 錯
Foshan (Sanshui) 錯, 唔啱
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 錯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 錯
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 錯
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 錯
Zhuhai (Doumen) 錯
Jiangmen (Baisha) 錯
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 錯
Taishan 錯
Kaiping (Chikan) 錯
Enping (Niujiang) 錯
Heshan (Yayao) 錯
Dongguan 錯
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 錯
Yangjiang 錯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 唔啱, 錯
Singapore (Guangfu) 唔啱, 錯
Gan Nanchang 錯
Lichuan 錯
Hakka Meixian 差, 唔啱
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 錯
Dongguan (Qingxi) 錯
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 錯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 錯
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 錯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 唔著
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 唔著
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 唔著
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 唔著
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 唔著
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 唔著
Jin Taiyuan 錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min Jian'ou 錯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 賺
Matsu 賺
Southern Min Xiamen 賺, 毋著
Quanzhou 賺, 毋著
Shishi 賺
Zhangzhou 賺, 毋著
Zhao'an 毋著
Taipei 毋著
Kaohsiung 毋著
Penang (Hokkien) salah, 毋著, 賺
Singapore (Hokkien) salah, 毋著
Manila (Hokkien) 毋著, 賺
Chaozhou 賺
Shantou 賺, 唔對, 唔著
Jieyang 賺
Singapore (Teochew) salah, 唔著, 賺
Leizhou 無著
Wenchang 無著
Haikou 錯
Singapore (Hainanese) 無著
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 錯, 唔啱
Wu Shanghai 錯
Suzhou 錯
Ningbo 錯, 賺
Wenzhou 賺
Jinhua 賺
Xiang Changsha 錯, 左
Shuangfeng 造, 錯

Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Pronunciation

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salah

  1. false, wrong

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq
Proto-Malayic *salah
Malay salah
Indonesian salah

    Inherited from Malay salah, from Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    salah (comparative lebih salah, superlative paling salah)

    1. false:
      1. untrue, not factual, factually incorrect
        Antonyms: benar, betul
      2. based on factually incorrect premises
      3. not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous
    2. mistaken, erroneous
      Synonym: keliru
    3. improper:
      1. inappropriate; inapt
        Synonym: menyimpang
    4. defective
      Synonyms: cela, cacat
    5. failed
      Synonyms: luput, gagal

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    Javanese

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    Romanization

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    salah

    1. romanization of ꦱꦭꦃ

    Malay

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq
    Proto-Malayic *salah
    Malay salah

      Inherited from Proto-Malayic *salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

      Adjective

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      salah (Jawi spelling ساله, comparative lebih salah, superlative paling salah)

      1. false
        Antonym: benar
      2. wrong
        Antonym: betul
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      • > Indonesian: salah (inherited)

      Etymology 2

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      Noun

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      salah (Jawi spelling ساله, plural salah-salah or salah2)

      1. (theology) A violation of God's will or religious law.

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      Old Javanese

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

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      • IPA(key): /sa.lah/
      • Rhymes: -lah
      • Hyphenation: sa‧lah

      Noun

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      salah

      1. changing
      2. deviating

      Adjective

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      salah

      1. wrong, mistaken
      2. missed
      3. escaped

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      Further reading

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      • "salah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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