paham

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• faham (nonstandard)

Etymology

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Arabic فَهْم (fahm)bor.

Malay faham

Indonesian paham

From Malay faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ham/
• Rhymes: -ham
• Hyphenation: pa‧ham

Noun

paham

1. understanding
   1. (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends.
   2. (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer
   3. (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
2. (countable) view (a way of understanding something)

   Synonyms: aliran, haluan, pandangan

Verb

paham

1. to understand

   Synonym: (mostly transitive) erti

   1. (intransitive) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
   2. (intransitive) To be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly.
   3. (transitive) To comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such.
   4. (intransitive) To know the causes of or reasons for.
   5. (transitive) To believe/think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge.
   6. (intransitive) To comprehend or grasp (some particular matter); to have comprehension (in general).

Adjective

paham (comparative lebih paham, superlative paling paham or terpaham, equative sepaham)

1. understood (having been understood or comprehended)

Usage notes

• Sometimes the intransitive senses (of the verb) can be transitive (used without an intransitive verb-linker), even though this verb is not inflectable in this form and it is probably proscribed.

Derived terms

• berpaham
• kesalingpahaman
• kesepahaman
• pahami
• pahamkan
• pemahaman
• sepaham
• terpaham
• terpahami

 

References

• “paham” 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.

Anagrams

• hampa

Malay

Etymology

Nativization of faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm, “understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paham/
  • (Johor-Riau, Kedah-Penang-Perlis) IPA^(key): [pa(h)am]
  • (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): [pa(h)ɛ̃ː]
  • (Terengganu) IPA^(key): [pa(h)aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ham, -am
• Hyphenation: pa‧ham

Noun

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

1. Alternative form of faham.

Verb

paham (Jawi spelling ڤهم)

1. Alternative form of faham.

Welsh

Alternative forms

• pam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈham/

Adverb

paham

1. why (literary)

   Paham wyt ti yma?

   Why are you here?

2. wherefore