dalam

• ꨕꨤꩌ

From Proto-Chamic *dalam, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

• IPA^(key): /d̪a.lʌm/

dalam

1. deep

dalam

1. in, inside

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

• IPA^(key): /dalam/
• Rhymes: -lam
• Hyphenation: da‧lam

dalam

1. deep

dalam

1. inside, in, within (abstract)

   dalam jaku Inggeris

   in English

2. indoor
3. interior

From Malay dalam, from Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm. Doublet of dalem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalam/

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• Rhymes: -lam, -am, -m

dalam (superlative terdalam, equative sedalam)

1. deep

   Antonym: dangkal

• kedalaman (“depth”)
• pendalaman (“process of deepening”)
• mendalami
• mendalamkan (“to deepen”)
• didalami (“to be deepened”)
• memperdalam (“to deepen”)
• mendalam
• sedalam-dalamnya (“as deep as possible”)

dalam (first-person possessive dalamku, second-person possessive dalammu, third-person possessive dalamnya)

1. inside, indoors
2. interior

dalam

1. inside, in, within

• “dalam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• دالم
• dlm (SMS slang)

From Proto-Malayic *daləm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

• (Standard, Baku, Perak) IPA^(key): /dalam/
• (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): [dalẽ]
• Rhymes: -lam, -am

• Audio (Malaysia):

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dalam (comparative lebih dalam, superlative paling dalam, terdalam)

1. deep

• cetek
• dangkal
• tohor

dalam (Jawi spelling دالم)

1. inside, in, within (abstract)

   dalam bahasa Inggris

   in English

2. indoor
3. interior

• luar

• di dalam (“in (concrete)”)
• ke dalam (“(to) inside (of), into”)

• Indonesian: dalam

Root
d-l-m
6 terms

From Arabic ظَلَمَ (ẓalama).

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.lam/

dalam (imperfect jidlam)

1. (of the night, sky, etc.) to get dark

Conjugation of dalam
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	dlamt	dlamt	dalam		dlamna	dlamtu	dalmu
	f			dalmet
imperfect	m	nidlam	tidlam	jidlam		nidalmu	tidalmu	jidalmu
	f			tidlam
imperative			idlam				idalmu