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, tanah tumpah darah ==== 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 === Compound of tanah (“land”) +‎ air (“water”), literally “land (and) water”. === Pronunciation === (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˌtanah ˈae(r)/ [ˌt̪a.nah ˈʔa.e(r)] Rhymes: -e(r) (/a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA(key): /ˌtanah ˈair/ [ˌt̪a.nah ˈʔa.ir] Rhymes: -ir Hyphenation: ta‧nah‧a‧ir === Noun === tanah air (Jawi spelling تانه اءير, uncountable) homeland; fatherland; motherland Synonyms: tanah bijana (Indonesia), ibu pertiwi, watan, janabijana (Indonesia), tanah tumpah darah ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tanah air (inherited) === Further reading === "tanah air" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017