"faedah" meaning in Malay

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Noun

Forms: faedah-faedah [plural], faedah² [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida, “usefulness, advantage”). Etymology templates: {{der|ms|ar|فَائِدَة||usefulness, advantage}} Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida, “usefulness, advantage”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|head=faedah}} faedah (plural faedah-faedah or faedah²)
  1. use, benefit, advantage, profit Synonyms: manfaat, keuntungan, guna
    Sense id: en-faedah-ms-noun-Ssxv2dqs Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. (finance) interest
    Sense id: en-faedah-ms-noun-goQI5A1P Categories (other): Finance Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: berfaedah
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  "derived": [
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    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "faedah"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
        "5": "usefulness, advantage"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida, “usefulness, advantage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faedah-faedah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faedah²",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "faedah"
      },
      "expansion": "faedah (plural faedah-faedah or faedah²)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "use, benefit, advantage, profit"
      ],
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          "use"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manfaat"
        },
        {
          "word": "keuntungan"
        },
        {
          "word": "guna"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Finance",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "interest"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) interest"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faedah"
}
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    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay nouns",
    "Malay terms derived from Arabic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "berfaedah"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "word": "faedah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "3": "فَائِدَة",
        "4": "",
        "5": "usefulness, advantage"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic فَائِدَة (fāʔida, “usefulness, advantage”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faedah-faedah",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faedah²",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "faedah"
      },
      "expansion": "faedah (plural faedah-faedah or faedah²)",
      "name": "ms-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "use, benefit, advantage, profit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
          "profit",
          "profit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manfaat"
        },
        {
          "word": "keuntungan"
        },
        {
          "word": "guna"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ms:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "interest"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(finance) interest"
      ],
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        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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