adalah
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay adalah, from Classical Malay اداله (adalah). Equivalent to ada + -lah.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adalah
- to be identical to
- Menteri adalah menteri yang menyelenggarakan....
- Minister means a minister administering....
- to have the same meaning as
- to be included in a group
Synonyms
[edit]- (to be identical to): merupakan
Particle
[edit]adalah
- a connector between two pieces of sentence that confirms the details or explanation of the first part
- Yang perlu dikerjakan sekarang adalah membawa korban ke rumah sakit.
- What needs to be done now is to take the victims to the hospital.
Usage notes
[edit]In Indonesian, "to be" can be expressed by juxtaposing words, but "adalah" is used to clarify or emphasize the meaning.
- Examples:
Synonyms
[edit]- ialah (third person)
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “adalah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [a.də.lah]
- (Baku) IPA(key): [a.da.lah]
- Rhymes: -lah, -ah
- Hyphenation: a‧da‧lah
Particle
[edit]adalah (Jawi spelling اداله)
- (formal, predicate marker) To be.
- Ini adalah benar.
- This is true.
- (obsolete) In fact.
- Synonym: sesungguhnya
Usage notes
[edit]- As a predicate marker, adalah is an optional connector word which is often used like the English verb “to be”.
- In their Tatabahasa Dewan, the DBP prescribe that it can be used only before prepositions, postpositions and adjectives in contrast to ialah, which has the same meaning but is prescribed to only be used before nouns and verbs.
- Example:
- Ini benar ― This is true.
- Ini adalah benar ― This is true.
- Despite the DBP's prescriptions, it is still very common for speakers to use adalah before nouns and verbs, as below:
- 2016, Faizal Tahir (lyrics and music), “Adam”, in 25 Rasul:
- Adam adalah bapa kita semua
- Adam is everyone's father
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Classical Malay
- Indonesian terms suffixed with -lah
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/alah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lah
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ah
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian verbs
- Indonesian terms with usage examples
- Indonesian particles
- Malay terms suffixed with -lah
- Malay 3-syllable words
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/lah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah
- Rhymes:Malay/ah/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay particles
- Malay formal terms
- Malay terms with usage examples
- Malay terms with obsolete senses
- Malay terms with quotations