telah

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈlah/ [t̪əˈlah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: te‧lah

From Malay telah.

têlah

1. already
2. by now

telah

1. perfective aspect, indicating that the process has been accomplished.

   Telah berapa lama kamu belajar bahasa indonesia?

   How long have you been learning Indonesian?

Telah is often translated as already in Indonesian and Malay language textbooks to convey its meaning in the languages which express perfective aspect through inflection.

• sudah

From Arabic مُطَالَعَة (muṭālaʕa, “study”), طَالَعَ (ṭālaʕa). Doublet of telaah.

têlah (base telah, imperative telah, active menelah, ordinary passive ditelah)

1. to predict, to forecast

• “telah”, 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

• halte
• helat

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• IPA^(key): /tə.lah/
• Rhymes: -əlah, -lah, -ah

tĕlah (Jawi spelling تله)

1. already, has, have

   Saya telah pergi ke sana.

   I have gone there.

• sudah

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