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paham

Pronunciation: /ˈpaham/

“paham” is an Indonesian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the act of understanding or comprehension
  2. Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer
  3. Opinion, judgement, or outlook
  4. view (a way of understanding something)

verb

  1. (of communication, language, or other means of communication: words, statements, signs, etc.) To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
  2. to be thoroughly familiar with; to be able to undertake properly
  3. to comprehend a fact or principle; to regard or come to regard a belief as such
  4. to know the causes of or reasons for
  5. to comprehend or grasp (particular matters or concepts); to have comprehension (in general)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay faham, from Arabic فَهْم (fahm).

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