faham
English
editEtymology
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Noun
editfaham (uncountable)
- The leaves of an orchid (Jumellea fragrans) of the islands of Réunion and Mauritius, used in France as a substitute for Chinese tea.
Translations
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “faham”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Indonesian
editNoun
editfaham
- nonstandard form of paham.
Verb
editfaham
- nonstandard form of paham.
Adjective
editfaham
- nonstandard form of paham.
Malay
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfaham (Jawi spelling فهم)
- understanding
- Synonyms: fahaman, pengertian
- viewpoint, opinion
- ideology
- Synonym: ideologi
- faham komunisme ― the ideology of communism
- faham kapitalisme ― the ideology of capitalism
Affixations
editCompounds
editVerb
editfaham (Jawi spelling فهم)
- to understand
Affixations
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “faham” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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