sedekah

Inherited from Malay sedekah, from Classical Malay sedekah, from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa, “alms, charity”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sədəˈkah/ [sə.dəˈkah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: se‧de‧kah

sêdêkah (plural sedekah-sedekah)

1. alms, charity

   Synonyms: amal, bantuan, derma, donasi, nafkah, infak, pertolongan, sokongan, subsidi, sumbangan, zakat

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event

   Synonyms: kenduri, selamatan

3. offering, usually food, to the spirit

From Arabic ص د ق (ṣ d q) (ṣ-d-q, “to be truthful, sincere”) → Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa, “charity, alms”), borrowed via classical Malay.

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /sədəˈkah/ [sə.dəˈkah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Hyphenation: se‧de‧kah

sedekah (plural sedekah-sedekah or sedekah²)

1. charity; alms; a voluntary donation or gift given sincerely to help others.

   Memberi sedekah kepada orang miskin adalah amalan mulia. ― Giving charity to the poor is a noble deed.

2. A gift given out of kindness or generosity.

   Dia memberi makanan sebagai sedekah. ― She gave food as a gift of kindness.

• derma
• amal

• > Indonesian: sedekah (inherited)

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