nafsu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “spirit, life”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈnaf.su]
Hyphenation: naf‧su

Noun

nafsu (first-person possessive nafsuku, second-person possessive nafsumu, third-person possessive nafsunya)

passion.
lust.
appetite.
anger.
Synonym: marah

Derived terms

bernafsu

nafsu makan

Further reading

“nafsu” 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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