layak.
appropriate, fitting, proper, right, suitable
Meaning & usage
appropriate, fitting, proper, right, suitable
decent, feasible
fit
good
reasonable
worthy
possible
moderate
ethical
opportune
receivable
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay layak (“appropriate, proper, right, suitable; fitting; proper; right”), from Arabic لَيْق, لَاقَ (layq, lāqa, “to be proper, to be suitable, to be seemly, to be worthy”).
fish that is split lengthwise from tail to head, then dried without adding salt
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Malay layak (“cutting open a fish (longitudinally) to preserve it”).
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