merdeka
/mɜɹˈdɛkə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Animating these myriad proclamations of independence were the ideas of merdeka (freedom) and of the formless solidarity of the nation, not the controlling, organized authority of the center."
- "We had achieved Merdeka, our Independence, in political terms and Malaysia had established its sovereignty. As individuals and as a society we had to achieve complete mental and psychological merdeka too. We had to stand up on our own terms and affirm our character and values."
- "The Indonesian struggle is being watched with intense interest and sympathy by all the subject peoples of Asia who are struggling for national independence. Their battle-cry ‘Merdeka’ which means freedom resounds throughout the length and breadth of Asia."
- "August 31st, 1957, the day on which the Federation of Malaya will achieve independence within the British Commonwealth, will be a time for rejoicing that Malaya has safely achieved Merdeka by peaceful means; […]"
- "to celebrate Merdeka Merdeka parade"
- "UNIVERSITY UNION TO CELEBRATE MERDEKA [title] […] The students' union of the University of Malaya, Singapore division, is organising functions to celebrate the second anniversary of the Federation's achievement of independence."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰā́ Sanskrit म॒हत् (mahát) Sanskrit महा (mahā) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-? Sanskrit ऋध् (ṛdh) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Sanskrit -ति (-ti) Sanskrit ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas Sanskrit -क (-ka) Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika)der. Malay merdeheka Malay merdeka Indonesian merdekabor. ▲ Malay merdekabor. English Merdeka Borrowed from Indonesian merdeka and from its etymon Malay merdeka, an elision of merdeheka ~ merdahika, borrowed from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “very prosperous”), from महा (mahā) (a combining form of म॒हत् (mahát, “abundant; great, large”)) + ऋद्धि (ṛddhi, “prosperity, wealth”) + -क (-ka, suffix forming adjectives): * म॒हत् (mahát) is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). * ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) is possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ- (“to accomplish”) or *h₂erdʰ- (“abundance”). cognates * Buginese ᨆᨑᨉᨙᨀ (“free”, adjective) * Dutch mardijker (“former slave who converted to Christianity”) * Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika) * Tagalog maharlika (“aristocracy, nobility; freeman; (obsolete) act of freeing from slavery; etc.”)
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: merdeka, महर्द्धिक, *méǵh₂s, *h₂eldʰ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɜɹˈdɛkə/
- British English: /mɜːˈdɛkə/