kisah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal, East Kalimantan) kesah

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kisah, from Classical Malay kissah, from Old Malay [Term?], from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa), possibly via Classical Persian قِصَّه (qissa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈki.sah]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧sah

Noun

kisah (plural kisah-kisah)

  1. story, tale
    Synonyms: riwayat, cerita
  2. occurrence
    Synonym: kejadian

Derived terms

  • berkisah (“to tell a story (about)”)
  • kisahan
  • mengisahkan (“to narrate”)
  • pengisahan (“narration, story telling”)
  • terkisah (“to be narrated”)

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