daulat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay daulat, ultimately from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla, “state”). Cognate of Classical Persian دولت (daulat), Hindi दौलत (daulat, “wealth, riches”), Javanese ꦢꦲꦸꦭꦠ꧀ (daulat, “blessing”), and Tagalog daulat (“happy fortune; bliss; misunderstanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdau̯lat̚]
• Hyphenation: dau‧lat

Noun

daulat (first-person possessive daulatku, second-person possessive daulatmu, third-person possessive daulatnya)

1. (archaic) blessing

   Synonym: berkat

2. (archaic) happiness

   Synonym: bahagia

3. (archaic) curse

   Synonym: tulah

Alternative forms

• dolat

Derived terms

• berdaulat

 

• daulat tuanku

 

Noun

daulat (first-person possessive daulatku, second-person possessive daulatmu, third-person possessive daulatnya)

1. government, authority.

   Synonyms: kekuasaan, pemerintahan

Alternative forms

• daulah

Derived terms

• berdaulat
• berkedaulatan
• kedaulatan
• mendaulat
• pendaulat
• pendaulatan

 

Further reading

• “daulat” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla, “state”).

Verb

daulat

1. long live; be blissful

   Daulat tuanku

   Long live the king

Descendants

• Indonesian: daulat
• → Tagalog: daulat

Further reading

• “daulat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• daolat — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay daulat, from Arabic دَوْلَة (dawla, “alternation, change”). In Classical Arabic, the ة character is not silent and read as /t/. Compare Indonesian daulat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈʔulat/, [dɐˈʔu.lɐt]
• Rhymes: -ulat
• Hyphenation: da‧u‧lat

Noun

daulat (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜂᜎᜆ᜔)

1. trouble; misunderstanding

   Synonyms: sigalot, gulo, suliranin, di-pagkakaunawaan

2. (poetic, obsolete) happy fortune; bliss

   Synonyms: suwerte, nigo, kalma, ligaya, palad

See also

• kapalaran
• pasumala
• tadhana
• tagumpay

 

Further reading

• “daulat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018