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tahan

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Singapore/ˈtahan/

tahan verb: to endure; to bear.

Verb

tahan (invariable)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial, invariable) To endure; to bear.
    • "Many local artists cannot tahan me," he says, using the Malay word for "tolerate". "If you live next to Picasso, can you tahan or not?"2017, Wong Kim Hoh, It Changed My Life: What Tan Swie Hian wants - a free mind, The Sunday Times
    • The 3.2km meandering naturalised river at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park used to be a 2.7 km long straight concrete Kallang channel in the past, which would not otherwise have been able to tahan as much rainwater as it now does.2017, Zhangxin Zheng, Here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed by pictures of “flooding” in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Mothership.sg

Origin of tahan

From Malay tahan.

Words formed from tahan

Questions about tahan

What does tahan mean?
Tahan means to endure; to bear.
What part of speech is tahan?
Tahan is a verb.
How do you pronounce tahan?
Tahan is pronounced /ˈtahan/ (Singapore).

Words near tahan in the dictionary

  1. TAH-BSO
  2. tah-tah
  3. taha
  4. tahaarah
  5. Tahami
  6. tahan
  7. tahanun
  8. Tahara
  9. Tahara Bridge
  10. Tahara West
  11. taharah

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