paham

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Inherited from Malay faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    paham (plural paham-paham)

    1. understanding
      1. (uncountable) the act of understanding or comprehension
      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. (transitive or intransitive) to understand
      Synonym: (mostly transitive) erti
      1. (usually intransitive) (of communication, language, or other means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
      2. (of a skill, task, profession, etc.) to be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly
      3. (usually transitive) to comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such
      4. (usually intransitive) to know the causes of or reasons for
      5. to comprehend or grasp (particular matters or concepts); to have comprehension (in general)

    Derived terms

    References

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    Malay

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paham/
    • 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

    Tagalog

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈham/ [pɐˈham]
    • Rhymes: -am
    • Syllabification: pa‧ham

    Etymology 1

  • Borrowed from Malay faham, borrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

    Noun

    pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

    1. learned person; genius; sage
      Synonyms: pantas, henyo, dalubhasa, perito, letrado
    2. (by extension) philosopher
      Synonym: pilosopo
    Derived terms

    Adjective

    pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

    1. learned; erudite
      Synonyms: matalino, marunong, maalam, matalisik, bihasa, dalubhasa, letrado, sabyo, erudito
    2. (obsolete) skillful
      Synonyms: magaling, mahusay
      paham sa pagsasayawskillful in dancing
    Derived terms
    • kapahaman
    • magpaham
    • magpaham-pahaman
    • pagkapaham

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    pahám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜑᜋ᜔)

    1. alternative form of pahang

    Further reading

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /paˈham/

    Adverb

    paham

    1. why (literary)
      Paham wyt ti yma?
      Why are you here?
    2. wherefore