bidaah

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic بدعة

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈdaah/ [biˈda.ah]

Noun

bidaah (plural bidaah-bidaah or bidaah2)

  1. Innovation, especially in Islamic practice of worship
  2. liar, deceiver

Further reading

"bidaah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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