Where does “sipat” come from?

sipat (Sundanese) comes from Malay sifat, from Classical Malay sifat, from Arabic صِفَة — quality, trait.

sipat (Sundanese): characteristic or quality of a thing; attribute

Definitions

  1. characteristic or quality of a thing; attribute

Ancestry of “sipat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysifatattribute; quality; property
2Classical MalaysifatA characteristic or quality of a thing;...
3Arabicصِفَةquality, trait
Every word from Arabic صِفَة →Every word from Classical Malay sifat →Every word from Malay sifat →