risalah

English

Noun

risalah (plural risalahs)

1. Alternative form of ressala

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay risalah, from Arabic رِسَالَة (risāla, “message, letter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈsalah/
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: ri‧sa‧lah

Noun

risalah (plural risalah-risalah, first-person possessive risalahku, second-person possessive risalahmu, third-person possessive risalahnya)

1. (archaic) letter, message.
2. circular (letter)

   Synonym: selebaran

3. treatise, paper, essay.
4. minutes, proceeding

   Synonyms: laporan, notula

Derived terms

• perisalah

 

• risalah rapat

 

Further reading

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