Bahasa Melayu
sangkaan
English
conjecture, presumption, guess
An idea or belief about something that is not certain.
سڠكأن
Examples
Contoh ayat
Sangkaan itu ternyata salah.
That guess turned out to be wrong.
Tiada bukti untuk menguatkan sangkaan itu.
There was no evidence to support that suspicion.
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What does “conjecture” mean in Malay?
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sangkaan
Used for a guess or assumption based on limited information.
Word family
Common derived forms
- menyangkakan
- to regard as; consider
- sangka
- to think; to guess; to consider
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