alimBahasa Indonesia

good, learned, conditioned, devout, erudite

Less common #11,843 of the corpus · 5 per million words · 21,201 occurrences

Adjective

Established by conditioning or learning

English: conditioned, learned

Bahasa: terpelajar, cendekia

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Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

English: pious

Bahasa: suci, saleh, warak

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5 more adjective senses

Showing great reverence for god

English: godly, reverent, worshipful

Bahasa: salih, warak

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Deeply religious

English: devout, god-fearing

Bahasa: salih, warak

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Having or showing profound knowledge

English: erudite, learned

Bahasa: cerdik, berilmu, arif, berpengetahuan

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Morally admirable

English: good

Bahasa: baik, manis

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Noun

The body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community

English: ulema, ulama

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Adverb

By religion

English: religiously, sacredly

Bahasa: beriman, warak

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