kuarantin
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Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English quarantine, from Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port,[1] from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).
Noun[edit]
kuarantin (Jawi spelling کوارنتين, plural kuarantin-kuarantin, informal 1st possessive kuarantinku, 2nd possessive kuarantinmu, 3rd possessive kuarantinnya)
- quarantine, a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed or feared to be infected.
Alternative forms[edit]
- karantina (Indonesia)
References[edit]
- ^ “kuarantin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.