laknat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay laknat, from Arabic لَعْنَة (laʕna).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaknat̚/
  • Rhymes: -nat, -at, -t
  • Hyphenation: lak‧nat

Noun

laknat (plural laknat-laknat)

  1. curse, malediction
  2. evil spirit

Adjective

laknat (comparative lebih laknat, superlative paling laknat)

  1. cursed; damned
    Sebagai mahasiswa, kita harus menghapus ideologi komunisme/Marxisme-Leninisme yang laknat itu dari muka dunia!
    As students we must wipe that damned Communist/Marxist-Leninist ideology off the face of the earth!

Derived terms

  • dilaknat
  • melaknat

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic لَعْنَة (laʕna).

Noun

laknat (Jawi spelling لعنة, plural laknat-laknat)

  1. a curse, ruin
  2. a cursed person

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • laknatullah (“cursed by God, an enemy of Islam”)
  • melaknat (“to be cursed”)
  • terlaknat (“to fall under a curse”)
  • waknat (“to be cursed, cursed”) (Internet slang)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: laknat

Further reading

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