Where does “kelahiran” come from?

kelahiran (Malay) comes from Indonesian lahir, from Malay lahir, from Classical Malay lahir, from Arabic ظاهِر.

kelahiran (Malay): birth

Definitions

  1. birth

Ancestry of “kelahiran”, step by step

kelahiran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lahir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlahirto be born; appearance
2Malaylahirto be born; clear, visible; exterior, outward
3Classical Malaylahir
4Arabicظاهِر

via Malay ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
3Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

Words derived from “kelahiran

Every word from Arabic ظاهِر