An abridged Malay-English dictionary (romanised) by R.J. Wilkinson ...

ADZAB
bridegroom. II. adunan, dough;
mengadun, to knead.
adzab, Ar. sorrow, pain, trouble;
also azab.
adzmat, Ar. awful, terrible, aweinspiring; also azmat.
afiat, Ar. health; good health;
sehat dan a., id.
afrit, Ar. a malicious giant spirit.
agah, neng-agah, beragah-agah,
to crow, of a baby.
agak, conjecture, guessing; agakagak, approximately, as far as
one can guess; more or less;
agak-nya-id.; agak gerangan, if
by any chance.
agal, Ked. an unidentified species
of tortoise.
agam, Ach., Pk. manly, big,
stout, tall.
agama, Skr. religion; a. Islam,
the Muhammadan religion; also
igama and ugama.
agan, mati beragan, to die without visible cause; to seem alive
in death = mati berakan, from
akan.
agar, I. Hind. in order that, so
that = supaya. II. agar-agar, a
seaweed Gracilaria lichenoides,
Eucheuma spinosum used for
making jelly.
agas, a sandfly.
ageh, a share agreed upon; the
share to be allotted to anyone.
agok, a breast ornament worn by
children, and at weddings by
women.
agong, large, great, main (in certain expressions only); tiang
a., the mainmast; layar a., the
mainsail, a. alam, a prince of
the earth.
agus, Jav. fair, handsome.
ah, ah! oh! an exclamation of
pain or annoyance.
Ahad, Ar. hari Ahad, Sunday;
the first day of the week;

AJNAS
Allahu ahad, God is one; ahadkan to unite.
ahli, I. Ar. versed in, expert in;
It. Ar. a variant of ahlu, q.v.
ahlu, Ar. family; people; men
who do or are versed in anything; ahlu'n - nujum, astrolo -
gers; ahlu'l - Koran, experts on
the Koran.
ahmak, Ar. dense, stupid.
aho, ho there!
ahwal, Ar. things, matters,
events, occurrences; segala hat
ahwal perkara itu, all the facts
of the case.
ai, yes!
aib, Ar. a shame, a disgrace;
memberi a., to put to shame;
to disgrace.
ain, I. Ar. eyes, nurlu'l ain, light
of the eyes. II. ain - ul - banat,
the name of a cloth mentioned.
in romances.
aiyar, Ar. a swindler, a cheat.
ajaib, Ar. wonderful, miraculous,
strange; benda yang ajaib, a
curio; an extraordinary article.
ajak, mengajak, to invite.
ajal, Ar. destiny; allotted span
of life; tiada sampai ajal-nya,
his time (to die) has not yet
come.
ajar, I. teaching, instruction;
ajarkan, to teach; belajar, to
learn; pelajaran, learning; the
thing taught or learnt; pengajaran, the act of teaching; the
process of teaching; lectures;
pgngajar, a teacher. II. Skr.
ajar-ajar, ascetics; disciples of
an ascetic teacher.
aji, I. Jav. royal; rama a., or
bapa a., sovereign father, sire;
kakang a., royal brother; sang
aji, king, sacred majesty.
alnas, Ar. miscellanies; sorts;
tuhfatu'l - ainas, "a gift of various articles," a common ex

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