Where does “macam” come from?
macam (Malay) comes from Arabic مقام, from Persian مقام, from Arabic مَقَام — place, position, state.
macam (Malay): like; type, kind, sort; way
Definitions
- like; type, kind, sort; way
Ancestry of “macam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | مقام | — |
| 2 | Persian | مقام | — |
| 3 | Arabic | مَقَام | place, position, state |
Words derived from “macam”