MI

madrasah ibtidaiah
madrasah ibtidaiah#Indonesian

(education, Islam) initialism of madrasah ibtidaiah


Islam

From Malay Islam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).


dam

From Arabic دَم (dam, “blood”), from Proto-Semitic *dam-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *dam-.

(Islam) fine (a fee levied as punishment for breaking the law)


halal

id-adj

halal (comparative lebih halal, superlative paling halal)

lebih halal (comparative)
paling halal (superlative)

Inherited from Malay halal, from Classical Malay halal, from Arabic حَلَال (ḥalāl).

(Islam) permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do


Allah

From Malay Allah, from Classical Malay Allah (“Allah; God”); from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.


Injil

From Malay injil, from Arabic إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl), ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion). Doublet of evangeli.

Inilah Injil Yesus Kristus menurut Matius / Markus / Lukas / Yohanes

A reading from the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew / Mark / Luke / John


imam

Inherited from Malay امام (imam), from Arabic إمام (ʔimām, “leader, imam”).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">imam</i>


surat

(Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”)


mud

Ultimately from Arabic مُدّ (mudd, “a certain dry measure”)

bor

Satu sha' setara dengan empat mud

(Islam) a dry measure (for dates, water, grains, and other things) varying in size, roughly around 510 grams


sair

From Arabic سَعِيْرٌ (saʕiyrun, “flame”).

(Islam, rare) synonym of neraka (“hell”)


Imam

(Islam, all sects) anyone who leads a group of Muslims in prayer

(Sunni Islam) imam; a trained cleric who leads a congregation


Muhammad

From Malay Muhammad, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Muchamad (alternative)
Muchammad (alternative)
Mochamad (alternative)
Mochammad (alternative)
Mohamad (alternative)
Mohammad (alternative)
Muhamad (alternative)

Baháʼí Baháʼí

(Islam) Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)


ulama

From Malay ulama,
from Classical Malay ulama, from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”).


Ramadan

Inherited from Malay Ramadan, from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān).

Ramadhan (alternative)
Ramadlan (alternative archaic)


fitnah

From Malay fitnah, from Arabic فِتْنَة (fitna, “sedition, strife”).


azan

azan-azan (plural)
adan (alternative)
adhan (alternative)
adzan (alternative)

From Malay azan, adzan, adan, from Classical Malay azan, adan, adzan, adhan, from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

(Islam) adhan, azan (the call to prayer)


kafir

From Malay kafir, from Classical Malay kafir (“infidel”), from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”).
* The sense “non-Jew” is a semantic loan from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”) and semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós).

semantic loan

(Islam) a kafir, a disbeliever, a denier, someone who denies the truths from Allah; or more broadly any non-Muslim


Khadija

(Islam) the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima.


masjid

masjid-masjid (plural)
mesjid (alternative colloquial)
mesigit (alternative nonstandard rare)

[məsˈd͡ʒɪt̪̚]

From Malay masjid, from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d).


rasul

From Malay rasul, from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl, “messenger”).

(Islam) rasul: a prophet or messenger in Islam; Muhammad, as a special messenger of God


salat

salat-salat (plural)
shalat (alternative nonstandard)
solat (alternative nonstandard)
sholat (alternative nonstandard)

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh). Cognate of Malay solat.

(Islam) salat (obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day)


tafsir

tafsir-tafsir (plural)
tafsir (root)
menafsir (active nominative)
tertafsir (nominative passive)
ditafsir (nominative passive)
tafsirlah (nominative)
menafsirkan (active)
tertafsirkan (passive)
ditafsirkan (passive)
tafsirkan
tafsirkanlah

From Malay tafsir, from Arabic تَفْسِير (tafsīr, “interpretation”).
* Displaced Dutch uitleg (“explanation”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.

der

(Islam) tafsir: Grammatical, historical, allegorical or traditional interpretations of the Qur'an


zakat

From Malay zakat, from Classical Malay زكاة (zakat), from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh).

(Islam) zakat (almsgiving in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property, which is used for charitable purposes)


wudu

Inherited from Malay wudu, variant of the standard wuduk, from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).


riba

Inherited from Malay riba (“ursury”), from Arabic رِبًا (riban).


salam

From Malay salam, from Classical Malay salam, from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of salim and syalom.

(Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)


buka

See above. Semantic loan from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “to break”).

sl

(intransitive, Islam) to break the fast; to have iftar


kaum

From Malay kaum, from Classical Malay kaum, from Arabic قَوْم (qawm).


nabi

From Malay nabi, from Arabic نَبِيّ, نَبِيء (nabiyy, nabīʔ, “nabi, prophet”).

der

نَبِيّ, نَبِيء


Alkitab

From Malay Alkitab, from Arabic الْكِتَاب (al-kitāb, “the book”).


haram

id-adj

haram (comparative lebih haram, superlative paling haram)

lebih haram (comparative)
paling haram (superlative)

From Malay haram, from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām). Doublet of harem.

(Islam) haram: forbidden by Islam: unlawful, sinful


madrasah

Inherited from Malay مدرسة (madrasah), from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">madrasah</i>

(Islam, education) madrasah: a school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology


ayat

From Malay ayat, from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya, “sign, token”).


faqih

(Islam, law, nonstandard) alternative spelling of fakih (“faqih”)


nazir

From Classical Persian نَظِیر (nazīr), from Arabic نَظِير (naẓīr). Doublet of nadir.

(Islam) nazir: a group of people or legal entity tasked with maintaining and managing waqf objects


nazir

(Islam, Christianity) people who vow or pledge


kurban

kurban-kurban (plural)
korban (alternative)

From Malay korban, from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān), from Aramaic קורבנא (qurbānā). Cognate to Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorbān). Doublet of korban.

(Islam) the ritual sacrifice at Eid ul-Adha


makam

From Malay makam, from Arabic مَقَام (maqām).


surah

From Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

der

(Islam) sura: any of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an


ifrit

Inherited from Malay ifrit, from Classical Malay ifrit, from Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).


maktab

From Malay maktab, from Arabic مَكْتَب (maktab).

(Islam, Hajj) an office, bureau, particularly ones providing preparatory services for Hajj pilgrimages


zalim

From Malay zalim, lalim, from Classical Malay ظاليم (zalim), from Arabic ظَالِم (ẓālim).


amin

From Malay amin, from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Aramaic ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmēyn), from Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).


zina

From Malay zina, from Arabic زِنَاء (zināʔ).

(Islam) fornication (sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other)


hadas

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic حَدَث (ḥadaṯ, “ordure, excrement”).

(Islam) impureness (in regard to Muslim rites)


haji

From Malay haji, from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy, “hajji”), حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).

(Islam) hajj: the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam

(Islam) hajji: one who has participated in a hajj


penghulu

pênghulu (canonical)
penghulu-penghulu (plural)

Affixed peng- + hulu, inherited from Malay penghulu.

(Islam) marriage officiant, imam, priest

chief, head, leader
marriage officiant, imam, priest

(Islam) head of Islamic religious affairs in the regency or municipality

(Islam) Islamic religious affairs counselor at the district court


Tuhan

From Malay Tuhan, from tuhan, from Proto-Malayic *tuhan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan. Doublet of tuan and tuhan.


qanun

nonstandard Indonesian (alternative)
Standard Malay (alternative)

From Arabic قَانُون (qānūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanon and kanun.

(Islam) laws established by Muslim sovereigns, in particular the body of administrative, economic and criminal law, especially promulgated by Ottoman sultans, in contrast to sharia, the body of law elaborated by Muslim jurists


abdas

From Malay abdas, from Classical Malay ابدس (abdas), from Classical Persian آبدست (ābdast) of آب (āb, “water”) + دست (dast, “hand”). Cognate of Javanese ꦲꦧ꧀ꦢꦱ꧀ (abdas), Sundanese abdas.


wali

From Malay wali, from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy).


zaim

id-noun

zaim (plural zaim-zaim or para zaim or zuama)

zaim-zaim (plural)
para zaim (plural)
zuama (plural)


Isa

From Malay Isa, from Classical Malay Isa, from Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).

der

Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā)

(Islam) Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, revered as a major prophet in Islam


Yunus

From Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā).

(Islam, Christianity, Judaism) a prophet described in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions as having been swallowed by a large fish

(Islam) the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an

Jonah
the 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an


ilah

From Malay ilah, from Arabic إِلٰه (ʔilāh, “god”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.


Daud

Inherited from Malay داود, داءوت (Daud), from Arabic دَاوُد (dāwud), from Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd).

inh

<i class="Latn mention" lang="ms">Daud</i>

(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) the prophet David who was also a king of Judah


TPA

taman pengajian Al Qur'an
taman pengajian Al Qur'an#Indonesian

(Islam) initialism of taman pengajian Al Qur'an


hadis

From Malay hadis, from Classical Malay hadis, from Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ).


ustaz

ustaz-ustaz (plural)
istaz (alternative)
ustad (alternative)
ustadz (alternative)

From Malay ustaz, ustad, from Classical Malay ustaz, ustad, ustadz, ustadh.


mahram

mahram-mahram (plural)
muhrim (alternative)

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic مَحْرَم (maḥram).

(Islam) mahram: a family member who is haram to marry


zawiat

From Malay zawiat (“edge, corner; small place of praying”), from Arabic زَاوِيَة (zāwiya, “angle, corner, edge; street corner; cell, hermitage; column”).

der

(Islam, rare) a place for praying, smaller than a typical mosque; a musalla


tajwid

Borrowed from Arabic تَجْوِيد (tajwīd), literally "elocution".


ilham

From Malay ilham, from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”).

(Islam) a supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated


juz

From Malay juz, from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).

(Islam) juz: any of thirty parts of varying length into which the Qur'an is sometimes divided


sujud

From Malay sujud, from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd), سَجَدَ (sajada, “to prostrate oneself, to bow down”).

(Islam) prostration to God facing the qiblah, usually done in salah


pondok

→ Hokkien: 盆洛 (phûn-lo̍k)

From Malay pondok, from Classical Malay pondok, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon). The sense “hut” is a semantic loan from Betawi pondok. The sense “Islamic school” is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦥꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (pondhok).

semantic loan

pondok pesantren
pondok pesantren#Indonesian

(Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren (“an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an, similar to other Islamic educational institutions, such as madrasah and maktab”)


alhamdulillah

Inherited from Malay alhamdulillah, ultimately borrowed from Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

der

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ

Alhamdulillah, kita telah terhindar dari bahaya.

Thank God, we have been saved from danger.

(Islam) An expression used to express gratitude for receiving blessings from God; thank God.

(Islam) An expression of praise to Allah SWT recited as part of a series of zikir.


khitan

id-verb

khitan (active mengkhitan, passive dikhitan)

mengkhitan (active)
dikhitan (passive)
katan (alternative)
khatan (alternative)

Inherited from Malay khitan, from Arabic خِتَان (ḵitān, “circumcision”).

(Islam) to circumcise (to remove the foreskin from the penis)


takwa

takwa-takwa (plural)
taqwa (alternative)

Inherited from Malay takwa, from Arabic تَقْوَى (taqwā).

(Islam) taqwa: the care taken by a person to obey the commands of Allah


batil

Inherited from Malay batil, from Classical Malay batil, from Arabic بَاطِل (bāṭil).


hakam

Inherited from Malay hakam, from Arabic حَكَم (ḥakam).


puasa

From Malay puasa, from Sanskrit उपवास (upavāsa). Doublet of upawasa.

(Islam) one of the five pillars of Islam

fasting
one of the five pillars of Islam


sahih

From Malay sahih, from Classical Malay sahih, from Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

der

Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)

(Islam) authentic: said of a hadith that has been preserved and transmitted accurately


talak

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَاق (ṭalāq, “divorce”), from the root ط ل ق (ṭ l q).

ar-root

ط ل ق (ṭ l q)

(Islam) talaq: an Islamic divorce, sanctioned by the Qur'an


surau

From Malay surau, possibly from Sanskrit सुरौकस् (suraukas, “abode of the gods”).

der

(Islam) surau: a small mosque or other Islamic assembly building in parts of Sumatra and the Malay peninsula


najis

From Arabic نَجِس (najis, “unclean, impure”).

(Islam) ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity


sahur

From Malay sahur,
from Classical Malay sahur, from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr).

(Islam) suhur, a pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting


Ishak

Arabic إِسْحَاقَ (ʔisḥāqa)


asyik

asyik-asyik (plural)
asik (alternative)
asjik (alternative)
saik (alternative)
asoy (alternative informal slang)

From Malay asik, asyik, from Classical Malay اسيق (asik), عاشيق (asyik), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq, “admirer, lover”).

(Islam) the person who sets his reflection and spiritual view on Allah SWT. because it is driven by love for Him and no longer afraid of death


riwayat

From Malay riwayat, from Classical Malay riwayat, from Arabic رِوَايَة (riwāya, “novel, story”).


mujarad

id-adj

mujarad (comparative lebih mujarad, superlative paling mujarad)

lebih mujarad (comparative)
paling mujarad (superlative)

(formal or Islam) intangible, incorporeal, abstract; pertaining to hypostatized or reified non-physical concepts


talkin

(Islam) talqin, the shahada that is whispered to someone that about to die or recited for the recently buried


menalkinkan

(Islam) to whisper or recite shahada to someone that about to die or recently buried


tahniah

From through Malay tahniah, from Arabic تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa, “congratulation”).

der

(Islam or formal) words or expressions of congratulations, felicitations


zuhur

From earlier lohor, from Malay lohor, zohor, zuhur, from Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”).

zohor (alternative)
duhur (alternative)
dzuhur (alternative)
zhuhur (alternative)
juhur (alternative uncommon)
lohor (alternative uncommon)


Zuhur

From earlier Lohor, from Malay Lohor,
Zohor, Zuhur, from Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr, “noon”).


lahad

lahad-lahad (plural)
lahat (alternative)

Inherited from Malay lahad, from Arabic لَحْد (laḥd).

(Islam) niche (cavity, hollow, or recess)


Nasrani

Inherited from Malay Nasrani, from Arabic نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy, “Christian”).


imamah

From Arabic إِمَامَة (ʔimāma). Doublet of imamat.


jemaah

jêmaah (canonical)
jemaah-jemaah (plural)

From Malay jemaah, from Arabic جَمَاعَة (jamāʕa). Doublet of jemaat.


lawazim

From Arabic لَوَازِم (lawāzim), plural form of لَازِم (lāzim). Doublet of lazim.


Habil

From Malay Habil, from Arabic هَابِيل (hābīl).


aliah

From Arabic علية (ʕaliyya, “high, tall”).

(Islam, education) Islamic modern senior high school (US) or upper secondary school (UK)


madrasah ibtidaiah

id-noun

madrasah ibtidaiah (plural madrasah-madrasah ibtidaiah)

madrasah-madrasah ibtidaiah (plural)
madrasah ibtidaiyah (alternative)
MI (alternative)

Compound of madrasah + ibtidaiah, calque of Arabic اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة (al-madrasa(t) al-ibtidāʔiyya) as اِبْتِدَائِيَّة (ibtidāʔiyya, “primary, elementary”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

clq

اَلْمَدْرَسَة اَلاِبْتِدَائِيَّة

compound

اِبْتِدَائِيَّة

(Islam, education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)


syahadat

From Malay syahadat,
from Classical Malay syahadat, from Arabic شَهَادَات (šahādāt).

der

Arabic شَهَادَات (šahādāt)

Syahadat Rasul

(Islam) shahada, the basic Islamic creed


Almasih

عِيسَى عيسى#Arabic

Isa, عِيسَى (ʕīsā)


langgar

From Malay langgar, from Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “the house or monastery of the Calendars or Muhammadan monks”, literally “anchor”),
* from Ancient Greek ἄγκῡρα (ánkūra), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“corner, hirn”).
* from Iranian, from Indo-Iranian. Cognate to Sanskrit लङ्गल (laṅgala, “anchor”).


pesantren

pêsantrèn (canonical)
pesantren-pesantren (plural)
pesantrian (alternative)

Reconstructed as santri + peng- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀ (pesantrén, pasantrén).

bor

ꦥꦼꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀꧈ ꦥꦱꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦺꦤ꧀

(Islam) ellipsis of pondok pesantren: an Islamic boarding school, primarily teaching Islam and the Qur'an,


pengajian

pêngajian (canonical)
pengajian-pengajian (plural)

Comparison of Standard Malay and Indonesian

Regular derivation as kaji + peng- -an, inherited from Malay pengajian. Doublet of pengkajian.


syahid

Inherited from Malay syahid, from Classical Malay syahid, from Arabic شَهِيد (šahīd, “witness, martyr”).


DKM

dewan kemakmuran masjid
dewan kemakmuran masjid#Indonesian

(Islam, Indonesia) initialism of dewan kemakmuran masjid


subhanallah

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic سُبْحَانَ الله (subḥāna llāh).

ubor

سُبْحَانَ الله


tasbih

Inherited from Malay tasbih, from Classical Malay tasbih (“tasbih, misbaha”), from Arabic تَسْبِيح (tasbīḥ).


Idul Fitri

From Arabic عِيد اَلْفِطْر (ʕīd al-fiṭr).

bor

عِيد اَلْفِطْر

Arabic عِيد اَلْفِطْر (ʕīd al-fiṭr)

(Islam) Eid al-Fitr; the religious celebration at the end of Ramadan


Idulfitri

Idul Fitri (alternative)
Aidilfitri (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

عِيد اَلْفِطْر

Arabic عِيد اَلْفِطْر (ʕīd al-fiṭr)


musala

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan), from صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”).

(Islam) musalla: A place for praying (e.g. outside a mosque); a praying room


sajadah

From Malay sejadah, from Arabic سَجَّادَة (sajjāda).


kontribusi

From Dutch contributie, from Middle French [Term?] (Modern French contribution), from Latin contribūtiōnem, contribūtiō, from Latin contribuēre.

(Islam, insurance) premium (the amount to be paid for an Islamic insurance policy)


Isa Almasih

From Arabic عيسى المسيح. Equivalent to Isa (“Jesus”) + Almasih (“Messiah”).

Arabic عيسى المسيح

(Islam) Jesus of Nazareth, one of the prophet in Islam


Isaril

From Arabic إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl). Doublet of Israel.

der

Arabic إِسْرَائِيل (ʔisrāʔīl)


dakwah

dakwah-dakwah (plural)
da'wah (alternative)

(Islam) dawah: Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching


jinayah

jinayah-jinayah (plural)
jenayah (alternative)
jinayat (alternative)
jenayah (alternative Brunei Malaysia Singapore)

From Malay jenayah, from Arabic جِنَايَة (jināya, “felony, crime”).


fakih

fakih-fakih (plural)
faqih (alternative nonstandard)

From Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh, “jurist and theologian, expert in Islamic jurisprudence”).

(Islam, law) faqih: an expert in Islamic law


sunah

sunah-sunah (plural)
sunat (alternative)
sunnah (alternative)

From Arabic سُنَّة (sunna, “a recommended practice”).

(Islam) a traditional practice for which there is a divine reward but for whose omission there is no punishment, a supererogatory act

(Islam) a religiously canonized tradition or practice which attributed to Islamic religious figures (typically Prophet Muhammad)


jinayat

(Islam, law, nonstandard) alternative spelling of jinayah (“crime”)


madrasah aliah

Compound of madrasah (“(Islamic) school”) + aliah (“regarding higher education”).

com+

madrasah aliyah (alternative)
MA (alternative initialism)


madrasah sanawiah

id-noun

madrasah sanawiah (plural madrasah-madrasah sanawiah)

madrasah-madrasah sanawiah (plural)
madrasah tsanawiyah (alternative)
MTs (alternative)

Compound of madrasah + sanawiah, from Arabic مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة (madrasa(t) ṯānawiyya), ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya, “secondary, minor”) + مَدْرَسَة (madrasa).

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مَدْرَسَة ثَانَوِيَّة

compound

(Islam, education) Islamic modern junior high school (US) or lower secondary school (UK)


ijab

From Arabic إِيجَاب (ʔījāb, “affirmation”).


syaitan

From Malay syaitan, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān). Doublet of setan.

der

Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)


hijriah

id-adj

hijriah (comparative lebih hijriah, superlative paling hijriah)

lebih hijriah (comparative)
paling hijriah (superlative)

(Islam) Anno Hegirae: in the year of the Hegira, used for dates using the Islamic calendar


bidah

bidah-bidah (plural)
bidaah (alternative nonstandard)

Inherited from Malay بدعة (bidaah), from Arabic بِدْعَة (bidʕa). Doublet of bidat.

inh

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(Islam) bid'a: heretical innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship


santri

id-noun

santri (plural santri-santri or para santri)

santri-santri (plural)
para santri (plural)
senteri (alternative)

From Malay santri, from Tamil சாத்திரி (cāttiri, “learned man”), from Sanskrit शास्त्री (śāstrī, “into scripture”). Cognate of Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scientist”).


kauman

From kaum + -an, from Javanese kauman (ꦏꦲꦸꦩꦤ꧀).

(Islam) an area where pious Muslim communities are concentrated


Lebaran

From Javanese lebaran (“Eid al-Fitr”, literally “completion”), lebar (“finish, complete, after”) + -an, probably derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].


Selam

Selam-Selam (plural)
selam (alternative)
Islam (alternative formal)

→ Min Nan: 息坔

Borrowed from Betawi Selam, from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).


wakaf

From Malay wakaf, from Arabic وَقْف (waqf).

(Islam) waqf, religious endowment, endowment fund


Zabur

(Islam) Zabur: the holy book of Daud (David), one of the holy books revealed by Allah before the Quran


fardu

From Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “obligation”). Doublet of perlu.

(Islam) a duty or obligation believing Muslims must practice


munafik

id-noun

munafik (plural munafik-munafik or para munafik or munafikin)

munafik-munafik (plural)
para munafik (plural)
munafikin (plural)

Inherited from Malay munafik, from Arabic منافق.

(Islam) someone who claims to bear witness of the Oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad but actually does not so in their heart


ihtiyat

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاط (iḥtiyāṭ), from صَلَاة الِاحْتِيَاط (ṣalāt al-iḥtiyāṭ)

bor+

(Islam) a precaution taken in determining prayer times by adding or subtracting time so as not to precede the start of the prayer time and not to exceed the end of the prayer time


mualim

From Malay mualim,
from Classical Malay mualim (“navigator; learned scholar”), from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim, “teacher; navigator”).


marhaban

From Arabic مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban, “welcome”).

song of praise
(Islam) for the Prophet Muhammad


marhabanan

(Islam, colloquial) praise for the Prophet Muhammad


ponpes

(education, Islam) syllabic abbreviation of pondok pesantren (“traditional Islamic school”)


muamalah

From Arabic مُعَامَلَة (muʕāmala). Doublet of mualamat.


mukmin

id-noun

mukmin (plural mukmin-mukmin or para mukmin or mukminin)

mukmin-mukmin (plural)
para mukmin (plural)
mukminin (plural)

From Malay mukmin, from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin). The plural form mukminin comes from Arabic مُؤْمِنِين (muʔminīn).


selawat

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic صَلَوَات (ṣalawāt), plural of صَلَاة (ṣalāh, “salat, prayer”), from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬܐ (ṣəlōṯāʾ, “prayer”).

der

salawat (alternative)
salwat (alternative)
sholawat (alternative)
solawat (alternative)

(Islam) supplication, especially the supplication (from God) of blessing and well-being (on somebody)


tarekat

tarèkat (canonical)
tarekat-tarekat (plural)
tarikat (alternative)
thoriqot (alternative)
thariqat (alternative)
tariqat (alternative)

Inherited from Malay tarékat, from Arabic طَرِيقَة (ṭarīqa).

(Islam) tariqa, religious brotherhood, dervish order


istibra

Inherited from Malay istibra, from Arabic اِسْتِبْرَاء (istibrāʔ).

اِسْتِبْرَاء

Arabic اِسْتِبْرَاء (istibrāʔ)

(Islam) to abstinence from sexual intercourse


darwis

From Malay darwis, from Persian درویش (darviš), from Middle Persian dlgwš (driyōš, “poor, needy”).

(Islam) Dervish (a member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars)


fasakh

fasakh-fasakh (plural)
pasah (alternative)


tablig

From Malay tabligh, from Arabic تَبْلِيغ (tablīḡ), verbal noun of بَلَّغَ (ballaḡa), causative of بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, arrive”).


tawakal

From Malay tawakal, from Arabic تَوَكَّلَ (tawakkala, “to rely on, to trust”).

(Islam) to rely on and trust entirely on God


hidayah

hidayah-hidayah (plural)
hidayat (alternative)

From Malay hidayah, from Arabic هِدَايَة (hidāya, “guidance”), هَدَى (hadā).


tayamum

Inherited from Malay tayamum, from Arabic تَيَمُّم (tayammum).

(Islam) tayammum: the wiping of one's face and hands against dust, sand or a clean physical object in place of wudhu for the bereft or bedridden, dry ablution


qiraah

qiraah-qiraah (plural)
kiraah (alternative)
kiraat (alternative)

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa).

an event at which written material is read aloud

a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience


iktidal

iktidal-iktidal (plural)
itidal (alternative)

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic اِعْتِدَال (iʕtidāl).

(Islam) position of standing upright after bowing (rukuh) and before prostrating one's self (sujud)


istigfar

istigfar-istigfar (plural)
istighfar (alternative)

From Malay istighfar, from Arabic اِسْتِغْفَار (istiḡfār).

اِسْتِغْفَار

Arabic اِسْتِغْفَار (istiḡfār)

(Islam) istighfar: Act of asking God for forgiveness


makmum

From Malay makmum, from Arabic مَأْمُوْمٌ (maʔmuwmun).

(Islam) congregation, who repeats prayers after their imam


mukminat

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic مُؤْمِنَات (muʔmināt), مُؤْمِن (muʔmin).


usali

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic أُصَلِّي (ʔuṣallī), singular first-person non-past (imperfect) indicative of صَلَّى (ṣallā).


madrasah tsanawiyah

id-noun

madrasah tsanawiyah (plural madrasah-madrasah tsanawiyah)

madrasah sanawiah
madrasah sanawiah#Indonesian

(Islam, education) alternative spelling of madrasah sanawiah


muhrim

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic مُحْرِم (muḥrim).

(Islam) male who enter into the state of ritual consecration (of a pilgrim to Mecca)


lebai

lêbai (canonical)
lebai-lebai (plural)
lebé (alternative Jakarta)
labai (alternative West-Sumatra)

From Malay lebai, from Classical Malay لباي (lĕbai), from Tamil லப்பை (lappai), a name of a trading community.

(Islam, religion) village official in charge of Muslim religious affairs


akidah

Inherited from Malay aqidah, akidah, from Classical Malay عقيدة (aqidah), عقيدة (akidah), from Arabic عَقِيدَة (ʕaqīda, “belief, creed”).


asalamualaikum

From Malay assalamualaikum, from Classical Malay السلامعليکم (assalam alaikum), السلامعليکم (assalamu 'alaikum), from Arabic اَلسَّلَام عَلَيْكُم (as-salām ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”).

der

اَلسَّلَام عَلَيْكُم

assalamualaikum (alternative)
assalamu alaikum (alternative)
assalamoe alaikoem (alternative)
assalamoealaikoem (alternative)

(Islam) salaam alaikum (Muslim greeting)


muazin

id-noun

muazin (plural muazin-muazin or para muazin)

muazin-muazin (plural)
para muazin (plural)
muadin (alternative)
muadzin (alternative)

From Malay muazin, from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin). Doublet of modin.


qasar

qasar-qasar (plural)
kasar (alternative)

(Islam) shortened number of genuflections in a daily prayer


Al-Qur'an

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān, “Qur'an”). Recent standard spelling, replaced Alquran.


Iduladha

Aidiladha (alternative)
Idul Adha (alternative)

From Arabic عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā).

bor

عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى

Arabic عِيد اَلْأَضْحَى (ʕīd al-ʔaḍḥā)


ahlusunah waljamaah

aswaja (alternative abbreviation acronym acronym)

Borrowed from Arabic اهل السنة و الجماعة (literally “the people of the Sunnah and the community”).

bor+

اهل السنة و الجماعة


asbabulwurud

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْبَاب الْوُرُود (ʔasbāb al-wurūd).

أَسْبَاب الْوُرُود


Yakjuj

[ˈjaʔ.d͡ʒʊd͡ʒ]

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic يَأْجُوج (yaʔjūj).

(Islam) Gog (an evil tribe associated with Magog)


yasinan

(Islam, informal) to read or utter Yasin


yaumuddin

From Malay yaumuddin, from Arabic يَوْم الدِّين (yawm ad-dīn).

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يَوْم الدِّين


yaumulakhir

From Malay yaumulakhir, from Arabic الْيَوْم الآخِر (al-yawm al-ʔāḵir).

الْيَوْم الآخِر


yaumulkiamat

From Malay yaumulkiamat, from Arabic يَوْم الْقِيَامَة (yawm al-qiyāma).

يَوْم الْقِيَامَة


Zabaniah

From Malay Zabaniah, from Arabic زَبَانِيَة (zabāniya).

(Islam) Zabaniyah (a group of angels in Islam who are tasked to torture the sinners in hell)


zakum

From Malay zakum, from Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).


zamzam

(Islam) Zamzam, a holy well located in Masjid al-Haram


zamzam

(Islam) water sourced from the holy well itself


ziadah

From Malay ziadah, from Arabic زِيَادَة (ziyāda).

(chiefly Islam, rare) increase, surplus, addition


tashih

Borrowed from Arabic تَصْحِيح (taṣḥīḥ, “confirmation; authorization”).


akhirat

akhirat-akhirat (plural)
achirat (alternative)
aherat (alternative nonstandard)
ahirat (alternative nonstandard)
akherat (alternative nonstandard)

Inherited from Malay akhirat, from Arabic آخِرَة (ʔāḵira, “the hereafter”).


kiblat

From Malay kiblat, from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla, “direction; qibla”)

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(Islam) qibla (the direction of which Muslims face towards when praying)


Zakharia

Borrowed from Dutch Zacharia, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

(Christianity, Judaism, Islam) a prophet


maulid

(Islam) the birthday of a holy man or prophet, especially Muhammad

Dalam rangka memperingati maulid Muhammad.

In commemoration of the birth of Muhammad.

(Islam) a holiday celebrating the birthday of Muhammad


ikamah

(Islam) iqama (the second call to prayer, made immediately before Muslims pray)


kiamat

(Islam) Last Judgment, Final Judgment, judgment day (especially in Islamic contexts)


syirik

syirik-syirik (plural)
sirik (alternative)

Inherited from Malay syirik (“shirk”), from Arabic شِرْك (širk, “shirk; polytheism; idolatry”).


modin

Ultimately from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin). Doublet of muazin.

(Islam) village official in charge of Muslim religious affairs


ZIS

(Islam) initialism of zakat, infak, dan sedekah (“zakat, infak, and alms”)


Asyura

Borrowed from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day”).

bor+

(Islam) Ashura: A holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali in 680 AD


kias

Derived from Arabic قِيَاس (qiyās, “measurement, analogy”).


jamak

Inherited from Malay jamak, from Arabic جَمْع (jamʕ).

(Islam) jam' (prayer of two obligatory prayers together at the prescribed time of one).


ijmak

Derived from Arabic إِجْمَاع (ʔijmāʕ, “consensus”)


mahasantri

(Islam) university student of ma'had aly, whom lodged in pondok pesantren during academic term


nafsu mutmainah

From Arabic النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّة (an-nafsu l-muṭmaʔinna, “restful souls”), attested in the Qur'an (at 89:27)

bor

النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّة

(Islam) a soul who has achieved perfect peace, based on values of faith.

(Islam) inner urge to defend oneself from all evil by always remembering Allah


muktazilah

From Malay muktazilah, from Classical Malay معتزلة, from Arabic الْمُعْتَزِلَة (al-muʕtazila, “the isolating one, Mu'tazila”), from اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala, “to isolate oneself, to disassociate”).

der

الْمُعْتَزِلَة

(Islam, literally) those who isolate themselves

(Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the group of Muawiya and the group of Hasan (see the First Fitna)

(Islam) the group of people who separated themselves from the teachings of Hasan al-Basri, pioneered by Wasil ibn Ata

(Islam) the Mu'tazila (A denomination in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation)


mumayiz

From Malay mumaiyiz, from Arabic مُمَيِّز (mumayyiz, “discerning, differentiating”).

(Islam) a child older than 7 who has the ability to discern right and wrong and make decisions


manhaj

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مَنْهَج (manhaj, “methodology; system; programme”).

ubor

(Islam) doctrine; a body of stances, particularly on matters of ritual, but also theology, law, etc. (as taught by a denomination or an indivual scholar)


musabaqah

musabaqah-musabaqah (plural)
musabakah (alternative)
musabaqoh (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مُسَابَقَة (musābaqa, “competition”).


istidraj

Borrowed from Arabic اِسْتِدْرَاج (istidrāj).

bor+

اِسْتِدْرَاج


manfaat takaful

id-noun

manfaat takaful (plural manfaat-manfaat takaful)

From manfaat + takaful, literally “insurance benefits”.


syarikah

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of serikat and syarikat.


mukminah

id-noun

mukminah (plural mukminah-mukminah or para mukminah)

mukminah-mukminah (plural)
para mukminah (plural)

From Arabic مُؤْمِنَة (muʔmina) (feminine plural of مُؤْمِن (muʔmin)).


bilal

bilal (plural bilal-bilal or para bilal)

bilal-bilal (plural)
para bilal (plural)

From Malay bilal, from Arabic بِلَال (bilāl), specially Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ, the first muezzin in Islam.


samawa

(Islam) syllabic abbreviation of sakinah, mawadah, dan warahmah


sakinah

Inherited from Malay sakinah, from Arabic سَكِينَة (sakīna, “inner peace, tranquility, calmness; presence of God, shechinah”).

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(Islam) inner peace, tranquility, calmness


warahmah

From Arabic وَ رَحْمَة (wa raḥma, “and mercy”), clipping of سَكِينَةً وَ مَوَدَّةً وَ رَحْمَة (sakīnatan wa mawaddatan wa raḥma, “serenity, love, and mercy”).

clipping

سَكِينَةً وَ مَوَدَّةً وَ رَحْمَة

(Islam, not used as a standalone word) mercy


orang suci

Compound of orang + suci. Compare to Chinese 聖人／圣人 (sèng-jîn; sèng-lîn).


mokel

(chiefly Java, colloquial, Islam) to stop fasting before iftar (on purpose)


mengaji

head

mengaji (active mengaji, ordinary passive dikaji)

Affixed kaji + meng-. Doublet of mengkaji.

(transitive, Islam) to study Quran, Arabic, or Islamic study


takjil

Borrowed from Arabic تَعْجِيل (taʕjīl), verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila, “to hurry”).

(Islam) to hurry, to speed up, to be done quickly


jahiliah

Ultimately from Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”)


Fatimah

(Islam) A daughter of the prophet Muhammad, the wife of Ali.


zuriah

zuriah-zuriah (plural)
zariah (alternative proscribed)
zariat (alternative proscribed)
zuriat (alternative proscribed)
duriat (alternative nonstandard possibly proscribed)
juriat (alternative nonstandard possibly proscribed)


Makjuj

[ˈmaʔ.d͡ʒʊd͡ʒ]

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic مَأْجُوج (maʔjūj).

(Islam) Magog (an evil tribe associated with Gog)


Alawiyah

(Islam, Sufism) The Ba'Alawi tariqa, a Sufi tariqa founded by Muhammad al-Faqih al-Muqaddam


wali nikah

(Islam) marriage guardian, usually a male relative who acting as her legal representative


tawasul

From Arabic تَوَسُّل (tawassul, “appeal; beg”)

bor

(Islam) The act of which one can draw oneself closer to Allah

(Islam) The act of seeking supplication to Allah while mediated by the name of someone who is considered holy and close to God