Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay naskah, naskhah (Standard Malay naskhah), from Arabic نُسْخَة (nusḵa). Semantic loan from Dutch handschrift.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnas.kah/
  • Rhymes: -kah
  • Hyphenation: nas‧kah

Noun

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naskah (first-person possessive naskahku, second-person possessive naskahmu, third-person possessive naskahnya)

  1. manuscript
    1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
      Synonym: naskah tangan
    2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
  2. draft: an early version of a written work.
    Synonyms: draf, rangrangan
  3. script
  4. codex
  5. copy:
    1. (journalism) the text that is to be typeset.
    2. (journalism) the text of newspaper articles.
    3. a printed edition of a book or magazine.

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