Bahasa Melayu

firasah

Bahasa Melayu

English

intuition, hunch

A quick inner feeling or instinct that guides a person’s judgement.

فيرسه

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Dengan firasahnya, dia tahu sesuatu tidak kena.

    With his intuition, he knew something was not right.

  2. Saya hanya mengikut firasah apabila memilih jalan itu.

    I was only following my hunch when I chose that route.

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firasah

A useful Malay equivalent in this sense is “firasah”.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.