awam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay awam, from Classical Malay awam, from Arabic عَوَامّ‎ (ʿawāmm), plural of عَامَّة‎ (ʿāmma).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈawam/
  • Rhymes: -awam, -wam, -am, -m
  • Hyphenation: awam

Adjective

awam

  1. common, ordinary
    Synonyms: am, umum
  2. public

Derived terms
  • diawamkan
  • keawaman
  • mengawamkan
  • pengawam

Noun

awam (first-person possessive awamku, second-person possessive awammu, third-person possessive awamnya)

  1. commoner

References
  1. Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic عَوَامّ‎ (ʿawāmm), plural of عَامَّة‎ (ʿāmma).

Adjective

awam (Jawi spelling عوام‎)

  1. public
    telefon awam
    public telephone

Synonyms

Further reading
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