Where does “manfaat” come from?
manfaat (Indonesian) comes from Arabic مَنْفَعَة, from Arabic نفع, from Arabic ف, from Arabic نَفِدَ — to run out, to give out.
manfaat (Indonesian): benefit, advantage, profit, use
Definitions
- benefit, advantage, profit, use
Ancestry of “manfaat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | مَنْفَعَة | benefit, advantage, profit, gain; usefulness;... |
| 2 | Arabic | نفع | to profit, to benefit; verbal noun of نَفَعَ;... |
| 3 | Arabic | ف | then, and then; and so, thus, hence, therefore;... |
| 4 | Arabic | نَفِدَ | to run out, to give out |
Words derived from “manfaat”