jahe

See also: jähe

Indonesian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”). Cognate to Sundanese ᮏᮠᮦ (jahé), Javanese jae, jahe (ꦗꦲꦺ, “ginger”), Old Javanese jahe, jahya (“ginger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒahe]
  • Hyphenation: ja‧hé

Noun

jahé (first-person possessive jaheku, second-person possessive jahemu, third-person possessive jahenya)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: halia

Derived terms
  • jahe emprit
  • jahe gajah
  • jahe merah

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀚𑀳𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • जहे (Devanagari script)
  • জহে (Bengali script)
  • ජහෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဇဟေ or ၹႁေ (Burmese script)
  • ชเห or ชะเห (Thai script)
  • ᨩᩉᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຊເຫ or ຊະເຫ (Lao script)
  • ជហេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄎𑄦𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

jahe

  1. optative active singular of jahati (“to give up”)
  2. present/imperative middle first-person singular of jahati (“to give up”)
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