tabah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtabah]
Hyphenation: ta‧bah

Etymology 1

From Malay tabah, from Betawi [Term?] or Javanese tabah, probably from Sanskrit तवाः (tavāḥ), a declension of तवस् (tavas, “strong”).

Adjective

tabah

tough
bold, determined, firm.
Synonym: berani

Derived terms

ketabahan
menabahkan

tabah hati

Etymology 2

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Verb

tabah

alternative form of tebah (“to hit to/with flat thing”)

Further reading

“tabah” 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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