obat
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- ubat (Malaysian Malay)
Etymology
Inherited from Malay ubat, obat, from Classical Malay اوبت (ubat), اوبت (obat), from Proto-Malayic *ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ubat. Influenced by Javanese obat.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian)
- IPA(key): /ˈobat/ [ˈo.bat̪̚]
- IPA(key): (Javanese-influenced) /ˈobat/ [ˈo.bat̪̚]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -obat
- Syllabification: o‧bat
Noun
obat (plural obat-obat)
- (medicine, pharmacy) medicine
- Pemerintah didesak dalam penelitian dan pengembangan obat. ― The government is pressed in medicine research and development.
- medicine (any treatment or cure)
- Apa obat hati menurut Islam? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (colloquial, chemistry) chemical
- Synonym: bahan kimia
- Obat rumput ― Grass herbicide
- (figurative) gunpowder; bullet
- (figurative) black magic
Affixed terms
- berobat
- mengobati
- mengobatkan
- obat-obatan
- pengobat
- pengobatan
- terobat
- terobati
- obat adiktif
- obat angin
- obat anorektik
- obat antidepresan
- obat antihipertensif
- obat antikonvulsan
- obat antispasmodik
- obat basah
- obat batuk
- obat bebas
- obat bebas terbatas
- obat bedil
- obat bius
- obat cacing
- obat daftar G
- obat dahaga
- obat dalam
- obat dokter
- obat esensial
- obat generik
- obat guna
- obat haus
- obat herbal
- obat jerih
- obat kampung
- obat keras
- obat kuat
- obat kumur
- obat lali
- obat lelah
- obat luar
- obat mata
- obat mentah
- obat merah
- obat nyamuk
- obat oral
- obat palsu
- obat paten
- obat pekasih
- obat pencahar
- obat penenang
- obat pengasih
- obat perangsang
- obat rektal
- obat rumah
- obat sinse
- obat stimulan
- obat tambahan
- obat telekap
- obat terlarang
- obat tidur
- obat tradisional
- obat urus-urus
- obat vaginal
References
- “obat”, 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
Javanese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Javanese uwat (“medicine”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ubat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.bat/
- Rhymes: -bat
- Hyphenation: o‧bat
Noun
obat (Carakan spelling ꦲꦺꦴꦧꦠ꧀)
Further reading
- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “obat”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN