derhaka

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (drohaka), from Sanskrit द्रोहक (drohaka, “injury, mischief, harm, perfidy, treachery, wrong, offence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dərhaka/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [dərˈhäkä], [dərˈhäkə]
  • Rhymes: -akə, -kə, -ka

Noun

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک)

  1. treason (disloyalty to the Sultan or State)
  2. disobedience (to the lawful authority of an official superior, or of a child to the parents)
  3. infidelity (of a wife to a husband, or of a man to his vows)

Adjective

derhaka (Jawi spelling درهاک)

  1. rebellious; treacherous; impious

Synonyms

  • khianat (“treachery, treason, betrayal”) (in a more general context)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penderhaka [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penderhakaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • kederhakaan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
  • menderhaka [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menderhakai [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • diderhakai [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
  • berderhaka [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Further reading

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