kuliah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kuliah, from Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈliah/
Hyphenation: ku‧li‧ah

Noun

kuliah

(education) higher education.
Synonym: sekolah tinggi
(education) lecture.

Verb

kuliah

(education) to lecture.
to sermon.
Synonym: ceramah

kuliah subuh. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to study
Saya masih kuliah. ― I am studying (in higher education).

Derived terms

berkuliah
kuliahan
menguliahi
perkuliahan

kuliah kerja
kuliah kerja lapangan
kuliah kerja nyata
kuliah lapangan
kuliah Ramadan
kuliah Subuh
kuliah tamu
kuliah terbuka
kuliah umum

Further reading

“kuliah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُلِّيَّة (kulliyya).

Noun

kuliah (plural duplication, informal 1st possessive kuliahku, 2nd possessive kuliahmu, 3rd possessive kuliahnya)

(education) lecture
Synonym: syarahan
(Islam) sermon

Descendants

Indonesian: kuliah

Further reading

“kuliah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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