betah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay betah. Cognate of Javanese ꦧꦼꦠꦃ (betah, “comfortable, endured; need”), Old Javanese bĕtah (“tenacious, stubborn, persistent, tireless”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bêtah (comparative lebih betah, superlative paling betah)

  1. comfortable
  2. persistent, tireless
  3. recovered, convalescent

Derived terms

  • membetahkan

References

  1. ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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