arwah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay arwah, from Classical Malay ارواح (arwah), from Arabic أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ), plural of رُوح (rūḥ). Doublet of roh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈar.wah/
Rhymes: -wah, -ah, -h
Hyphenation: ar‧wah

Noun

arwah (first-person possessive arwahku, second-person possessive arwahmu, third-person possessive arwahnya)

spirit, soul: the soul of dead human.
Synonyms: atma, hayat, jiwa, nyawa, roh
(figurative) spirit
Synonyms: jiwa, psike, semangat, spirit

Derived terms

mengarwahkan

Further reading

“arwah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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