muzium

Borrowed from English museum.

muzium

1. museum

Borrowed from English museum from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)). Doublet of museum.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈmuzjum/ [ˈmu.zjum]
• (schwa-variety)
  • IPA^(key): /mjuˈziəm/ [mjuˈzi.əm] (English-based)
  • IPA^(key): /mjuˈziom/ [mjuˈzi.om]
• (/a/-variety)
  • (Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): /mjuˈziom/ [mjuˈzi.om]
  • (Sabah, Sarawak) IPA^(key): /mjuˈzium/ [mjuˈzi.um]
• Hyphenation: mu‧zi‧um

muzium (Jawi spelling موزيوم, plural muzium-muzium or muzium²) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

1. museum: a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

   Alternative forms: muséum (Indonesia), musèum (Indonesian)

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