awal

awal

1. to work

Inherited from Malay awal, from Classical Malay awal (“early”), from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈawal/ [ˈa.wal]

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• Rhymes: -awal
• Syllabification: a‧wal

awal (plural awal-awal)

1. beginning, start

   Synonym: mula

awal (comparative lebih awal, superlative paling awal)

1. beginning

   saldo awal ― beginning balance

2. (medicine) early

   Synonym: dini

• “awal” 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.

awal m

1. word

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈawal/ [ˈa.wal]
• Hyphenation: a‧wal

awal (Jawi spelling اول, plural awal-awal)

1. beginning, commencement, first

   Synonym: mula

awal (Jawi spelling اول)

1. early

   Synonym: dini (Indonesia)

   Antonym: lewat

• > Indonesian: awal (inherited)
• → Tausug: awwal

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

awal

1. (transitive) to replace something

• awalek

Borrowed from French aval.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.val/

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• Rhymes: -aval
• Syllabification: a‧wal

awal m inan

1. (finance, law) aval

• awal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Berber *aβwal (“speech”).

Compare Zenaga āwäy (“speech”), Tuareg awal (“speech. language”), Awjila awîl (“speech”), and Kabyle awal (“speech, word”).

• IPA^(key): /awal/

awal m (construct state wawal, plural iwaliwn, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵡⴰⵍ, Arabic spelling آوال)

1. speech
2. word

   awal iġ iġli d idmarn, iġli s idrarn .

   when words leave (your) chest, they echo off the mountains.

3. language, dialect

   awal n sus ayad ― this is Soussi dialect.

4. voice

   ukzġ awal n gʷmak. ― i recognized your brother's voice.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 496a
• Marijn van Putten (2011), Nouns of the CVC and CC type in Berber (Thesis), The Netherlands: Leiden University, page 21

From Malay awal, from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

• IPA^(key): [aˈwal]

awal

1. beginning

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

awal m

1. language