tanah air

== Indonesian == === Etymology === A dvandva compound of tanah (“land”) +‎ air (“water”), literally “land (and) water”, from Malay tanah air. A similar conjoining pattern can be found with palu arit. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌtanah ˈair/ [ˌt̪a.nah ˈa.ɪr] Rhymes: -air Syllabification: ta‧nah air === Noun === tanah air (uncountable) homeland; fatherland; motherland Synonyms: tanah bijana, ibu pertiwi, watan, janabijana ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === “tanah air”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From tanah (“land”) +‎ air (“water”), literally “land (and) water”. === Noun === tanah air (Jawi spelling تانه اءير, plural tanah-tanah air or tanah2 air) homeland; fatherland; motherland. ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: tanah air === Further reading === "tanah air" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017