percaya
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay percaya, from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: per‧ca‧ya
Verb
pêrcaya (active percaya, passive dipercaya)
- (transitive, intransitive with a preposition) to believe, to have trust
- Synonym: (transitive) percayai
- Aku percaya kepadanya.
- I believe him.
- Aku percaya bahwa dia mengatakan yang sesungguhnya.
- I believe that he is telling the truth.
Derived terms
- kepercayaan (“trust; belief; right-hand, trusted”)
- kepercayaan diri (“self-confidence”)
- ketepercayaan (“trustworthiness”)
- (transitive) percayai (“to trust”)
- (transitive, sometimes ditransitive) percayakan (“to entrust”)
- tepercaya (“trusted, trustworthy”)
- percaya angin (“to trust a lie”, literally “to trust wind”)
- percaya diri (“self-confident”, literally “self-trust”)
See also
Further reading
- “percaya”, 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
Romanization
percaya
- romanization of ꦥꦼꦂꦕꦪ
Malay
Alternative forms
- caya (informal)
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /pəˈt͡ʃajə/ [pəˈt͡ʃa.jə]
- Rhymes: -ajə
- (Baku) IPA(key): /pərˈt͡ʃaja/ [pərˈt͡ʃa.ja]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Hyphenation: per‧ca‧ya
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese percaya, from Old Javanese parcaya, pracaya, from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).
Adjective
percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي, comparative lebih percaya, superlative paling percaya), sometimes used in the form percaya akan.
- believing
- Orang Islam wajib percaya kepada hari kiamat.
- It is obligatory for Muslims to believe in (lit. "be believing towards") judgement day.
- trusting
- Aku percaya kepada kau sebab aku tahu kau orang yang jujur.
- I trust (lit. "am trusting towards") you because I know you're an honest person.
Derived terms
Affixations
- berkepercayaan
- dipercayai
- dipercayakan
- kepercayaan
- ketidakpercayaan
- mempercayai
- mempercayakan
- percaya-mempercayai
- percayai
- percayakan
Compounds
- undi tidak percaya
Idioms
- undi angin lalu
Descendants
- > Indonesian: percaya (inherited)
- → Maranao: paratiyaya
- → Tausug: paratsaya
Etymology 2
Clipping of mempercayai and percayai.
Verb
percaya (Jawi spelling ڤرچاي)
- (informal) alternative form of mempercayai and percayai
- Kau percaya ke apa yang dia kata?
- Do you believe what he said?
Further reading
- "percaya" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017