sembahyang

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sembayang

Etymology

inherited from Malay sembahyang, equivalent to sembah +‎ hyang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səmˈbahjaŋ]
• Hyphenation: sem‧bah‧yang

Noun

sembahyang (first-person possessive sembahyangku, second-person possessive sembahyangmu, third-person possessive sembahyangnya)

1. prayer

   Synonym: doa

   1. A practice of communicating with one's God.
   2. The specific words or methods used for praying.
2. worship

Synonyms

• (Islam): salat

Derived terms

• bersembahyang
• menyembahyangi
• menyembahyangkan
• persembahyangan
• sembahyangan

 

• sembahyang Asar
• sembahyang Isya
• sembahyang jenazah
• sembahyang kubur
• sembahyang leluhur
• sembahyang malam
• sembahyang mayat
• sembahyang pagi
• sembahyang siang
• sembahyang sore
• sembahyang Subuh
• sembahyang Tarawih
• sembahyang wajib
• sembahyang Zuhur
• upacara sembahyang

 

Further reading

• “sembahyang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Compound of sembah (“worship”) +‎ hiang (“deity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səmbahjaŋ/
  • (Common alternative pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səmajaŋ/
• Rhymes: -jaŋ, -aŋ

Noun

sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ, plural sembahyang-sembahyang, informal 1st possessive sembahyangku, 2nd possessive sembahyangmu, 3rd possessive sembahyangnya)

1. (Islam) prayer; salat

   Synonym: solat

   Sembahyang merupakan salah satu tiang agama Islam.

   Salah is one of the pillars of Islam.

2. prayer; request to God

   Synonym: doa

   Aku harapkan sembahyangku diterima oleh Tuhan.

   I hope my prayer will get accepted by God.

3. (Chinese folk religion) ritual to respect one's ancestors

Verb

sembahyang (Jawi spelling سمبهيڠ)

1. (Islam) to pray to God; to perform salat

   Synonym: solat

   Kamu dah sembahyang ke belum?

   Have you prayed yet?

2. (Christianity) to pray in the evening

   Synonym: doa

   Orang Kristian sembahyang pada waktu petang.

   Christians pray in the evening.

3. (Chinese folk religion) to perform a ritual to respect one's ancestors

Derived terms

Affixations

• bersembahyang
• disembahyangkan
• menyembahyangkan
• sembahyangkan

 

Compounds

• air sembahyang
• sembahyang berjemaah
• sembahyang fardu
• sembahyang hajat
• sembahyang Jumaat
• sembahyang lima waktu

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: sembahyang
• Javanese: sembahyang
• Madurese: sembhâjâng, bhâjâng

Further reading

• “sembahyang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qiang”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary