musnah
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay musnah, from Javanese musna (“to disappear, to vanish”), from Old Javanese musna (“to vanish”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmusnah/ [ˈmus.nah]
- Rhymes: -usnah
- Syllabification: mus‧nah
Verb
musnah
Adjective
musnah (comparative lebih musnah, superlative paling musnah)
Derived terms
Affixations
- kemusnahan
- memusnahkan
- pemusnah
- pemusnahan
Further reading
- “musnah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese musna (“to disappear, to vanish”), from Old Javanese musna (“to vanish”).
Pronunciation
- (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈmusnah/ [ˈmus.nah]
- Rhymes: -usnah, -nah, -ah
- Hyphenation: mus‧nah
Verb
musnah (Jawi spelling موسنه)
Derived terms
Affixations
- dimusnahkan
- kemusnahan
- memusnahkan
- pemusnah
- pemusnahan
Descendants
- > Indonesian: musnah (inherited)
Further reading
- "musnah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017