Bahasa Melayu
kepapaan
English
poverty, destitution
A state of having very little money and living in hardship.
كڤاڤأن
Examples
Contoh ayat
Kepapaan memaksa mereka berjimat dalam semua perkara.
Poverty forced them to save in everything.
Dia tidak melupakan kepapaan keluarga asalnya.
He did not forget the poverty of his original family.
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What does “poverty” mean in Malay?
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kepapaan
It means a state of extreme lack.
Word family
Common derived forms
- papa
- poor; penniless
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