gelisah

From Malay gelisah, from Sanskrit क्लेश (kleśa, “pain”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlisah/ [ɡəˈli.sah]
• Rhymes: -isah
• Syllabification: ge‧li‧sah

gêlisah (comparative lebih gelisah, superlative paling gelisah)

1. nervous, anxious

   Aku merasa gelisah, menunggu kesembuhannya.

   I felt anxious, waiting for his recovery.

• “gelisah”, 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

From Sanskrit क्लेश (kleśa, “pain”). Doublet of belisah.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlisah/ [ɡəˈli.sah]
• Rhymes: -isah
• Hyphenation: ge‧li‧sah

gĕlisah (Jawi spelling ݢليسه)

1. nervous, anxious^[1]

   Synonyms: bimbang, buncah (Minangkabau Malay), cemas, dura (literary), gelabah, gelisar (Kelantan-Pattani), kelesah, kepompongan (Minangkabau Malay), kimbang (figurative), lisah (archaic), nyanyang (Minangkabau Malay), pusang hati (archaic), ranyah (Minangkabau Malay), rayau, renyah, resah, risau hati, rusuh hati, selempang (Batavian Malay), takut, umbang-ambing (figurative)

• > Indonesian: gelisah (inherited)

• “gelisah”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017