wabah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• waba

Etymology

From Malay wabak, wabah, from Classical Malay وابق (wabak), from Arabic وَبَاء (wabāʔ, “epidemic”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwabah/ [ˈwa.bah]
• Rhymes: -abah
• Syllabification: wa‧bah

Noun

wabah (plural wabah-wabah)

1. plague
2. (epidemiology) epidemic

   Synonyms: epidemi, taun

Alternative forms

• wabak (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• mewabah (“to plague, become a plague”)

Further reading

• “wabah”, 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

wabah

1. romanization of ꦮꦧꦃ