Merdeka.
Chiefly of a nation or people: freedom; independence.
Meaning & usage
Chiefly of a nation or people: freedom; independence.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́ Sanskrit म॒हत् (mahát) Sanskrit महा (mahā) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-? Sanskrit ऋध् (ṛdh) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Sanskrit -ति (-ti) Sanskrit ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas Sanskrit -क (-ka) Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika)der. Malay merdeheka Malay merdeka Indonesian merdekabor. ▲ Malay merdekabor. English Merdeka Borrowed from Indonesian merdeka and from its etymon Malay merdeka, an elision of merdeheka ~ merdahika, borrowed from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “very prosperous”), from महा (mahā) (a combining form of म॒हत् (mahát, “abundant; great, large”)) + ऋद्धि (ṛddhi, “prosperity, wealth”) + -क (-ka, suffix forming adjectives): * म॒हत् (mahát) is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). * ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) is possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ- (“to accomplish”) or *h₂erdʰ- (“abundance”). cognates * Buginese ᨆᨑᨉᨙᨀ (“free”, adjective) * Dutch mardijker (“former slave who converted to Christianity”) * Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika) * Tagalog maharlika (“aristocracy, nobility; freeman; (obsolete) act of freeing from slavery; etc.”)
Short for Merdeka Day (“the independence day of Malaysia, on August 31”).
to celebrate Merdeka Merdeka parade
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́ Sanskrit म॒हत् (mahát) Sanskrit महा (mahā) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-? Sanskrit ऋध् (ṛdh) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Sanskrit -ति (-ti) Sanskrit ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas Sanskrit -क (-ka) Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika)der. Malay merdeheka Malay merdeka Indonesian merdekabor. ▲ Malay merdekabor. English Merdeka Borrowed from Indonesian merdeka and from its etymon Malay merdeka, an elision of merdeheka ~ merdahika, borrowed from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “very prosperous”), from महा (mahā) (a combining form of म॒हत् (mahát, “abundant; great, large”)) + ऋद्धि (ṛddhi, “prosperity, wealth”) + -क (-ka, suffix forming adjectives): * म॒हत् (mahát) is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). * ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) is possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ- (“to accomplish”) or *h₂erdʰ- (“abundance”). cognates * Buginese ᨆᨑᨉᨙᨀ (“free”, adjective) * Dutch mardijker (“former slave who converted to Christianity”) * Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika) * Tagalog maharlika (“aristocracy, nobility; freeman; (obsolete) act of freeing from slavery; etc.”)
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