maaf

Indonesian

Interjection

maaf

  1. sorry
  2. pardon

Noun

maaf

  1. apology

Malay

Alternative forms
  • maap
  • mahap

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَاف‎ (muʿāf, “exempt (from taxation)”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

maaf (plural maaf-maaf, informal first-person possessive maafku, informal second-person possessive maafmu, third-person possessive maafnya)

  1. pardon, forgiveness

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Affixed derivations:

  • pemaaf [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • maafan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • permaaf [causative passive] (peR-)
  • maafkan (“to let (someone) off”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • maafi (“to forgive”) [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • memaaf [agent focus] (meN-)
  • dimaaf [patient focus] (di-)
  • termaaf [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bermaaf [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Interjection

maaf

  1. sorry
  2. excuse me
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