# tanah
## English
### Noun

tanah (plural tanahs)
* Alternative form of thana

### Anagrams

* tanha, Ahtna, athan, Atnah, thana, Anath, Thana, Athan, tahan

## Balinese
### Romanization

tanah
* Romanization of ᬢᬦᬄ

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tanah/
* Hyphenation: ta‧nah

### Noun

tanah
* soil (mixture of sand and organic material)

## Iban
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

### Noun

tanah
* earth; soil
* land; ground
* country

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtanah/ [ˈt̪a.nah]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anah
* Syllabification: ta‧nah

### Noun

tanah (countable and uncountable, plural tanah-tanah)
* earth, soil, dirt (unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
* ground (the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground)
* (rare) ground (basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork)
    Synonym: dasar
* land (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
    Synonyms: daratan, lahan
* land (real estate or landed property)
* land (a country or region)
    Synonyms: negara, negeri

#### Derived terms

* bertanah
* mengetanahkan
* pengetanahan
* pertanahan
* tanah adat
* tanah air
* tanah alitik
* tanah alkali
* tanah aluvial
* tanah andosol
* tanah asam
* tanah azonal
* tanah basa
* tanah basah
* tanah beku
* tanah bencah
* tanah bendang
* tanah bengkok
* tanah bera
* tanah berat
* tanah bergamping
* tanah beroya
* tanah bersertifikat
* tanah bersurat
* tanah berumput
* tanah bijana
* tanah cempaka
* tanah cokelat
* tanah dangkal
* tanah darat
* tanah datar
* tanah dati
* tanah daun
* tanah diatomea
* tanah dingin
* tanah gambut
* tanah garapan
* tanah gembur
* tanah genting
* tanah gersang
* tanah glei
* tanah goyang
* tanah grumusol
* tanah gundul
* tanah guntai
* tanah gurun
* tanah hidromorfik
* tanah hidup
* tanah histosol
* tanah humus
* tanah hutan
* tanah intrazonal
* tanah kampung
* tanah kapur
* tanah kerajaan
* tanah keras
* tanah kering
* tanah kosong
* tanah kritis
* tanah kuburan
* tanah kuripan
* tanah kurus
* tanah labu
* tanah laku
* tanah lantar
* tanah lapang
* tanah larangan
* tanah laterit
* tanah latosol
* tanah ledok
* tanah leluhur
* tanah lembut
* tanah liat
* tanah liat primer
* tanah liat sekunder
* tanah litosol
* tanah mediteran
* tanah merah
* tanah organosol
* tanah pasir
* tanah perponding
* tanah persil
* tanah podzol
* tanah podzolit
* tanah pusaka
* tanah puso
* tanah rantau
* tanah raya
* tanah regosol
* tanah renzina
* tanah ringan
* tanah seberang
* tanah semenanjung
* tanah siaran
* tanah suci
* tanah suku
* tanah talau
* tanah tegalan
* tanah tegar
* tanah tersirah
* tanah tersirat
* tanah tinggal
* tanah tinggi
* tanah titisan
* tanah tumpah darah
* tanah ulayah
* tanah ulayat
* tanah uruk
* tanah usaha
* tanah vulkanik
* tanah wakaf
* tanah waris
* tanah warisan
* tanah yasan
* tanah zonal
* sertifikat tanah

### Further reading

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

## Javanese

Javanese writing system :
| Carakan | ꦠꦤꦃ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | tanah |

### Romanization

tanah
* Romanization of ꦠꦤꦃ

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tanah/
* Rhymes: -anah, -nah, -ah

### Noun

tanah (Jawi spelling تانه, plural tanah-tanah, informal 1st possessive tanahku, 2nd possessive tanahmu, 3rd possessive tanahnya)
* ground
* land
* earth

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bertanah (“to own land”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* mengetanahkan (“to lower to the ground; to bury”)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: tanah

### Further reading

* “tanah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.

### Noun

tanah
* land

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq, probably borrowed from Malay tanah or Javanese tanah. Doublet of taneuh.

### Noun

tanah (Sundanese script ᮒᮔᮂ)
* land
* district
* estate