syukur

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Malay syukur, from Arabic شُكْر (šukr, thankfulness, gratitude).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈʃukur/ [ˈʃu.kʊr]
  • Rhymes: -ukur
  • Syllabification: syu‧kur

Noun

syukur (plural syukur-syukur)

  1. thankfulness, gratitude

Derived terms

Interjection

syukur

  1. An expression of gratitude.
  2. (colloquial) An expression of schadenfreude.

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993), Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شُكْر (šukr, thankfulness, gratitude).

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈʃukor/ [ˈʃu.kor]
  • Rhymes: -ukor, -or
  • (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈʃukur/ [ˈʃu.kur]
  • Rhymes: -ukur, -ur
  • Hyphenation: syu‧kur

Noun

syukur (Jawi spelling شکور, plural syukur-syukur or syukur2)

  1. thankfulness, gratitude

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: syukur (inherited)
  • Tausug: sukul

Further reading