lexicography in Malay
perkamusan
/ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfi//ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfi/
lexicography in Malay: perkamusan, leksikografi. In English, lexicography means the art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
Malay words for lexicography
- art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries
- perkamusan, leksikografi
English meaning of lexicography
- noun The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
- noun The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
- noun A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.
lexicography in other languages
Questions about lexicography in Malay
- What is the meaning of lexicography in Malay?
- Lexicography in Malay is perkamusan, leksikografi.
- Apakah maksud lexicography dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Lexicography: perkamusan, leksikografi.
- What does lexicography mean in English?
- Lexicography means the art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lexicography (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lexicography.wav, en-us-lexicography.mp3.
Cite this page: “lexicography meaning in Malay.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/malay/lexicography. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.