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Inherited from Malay kasih, from Proto-Malayic *kasih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy; pity; affection”), *qasiq (“pity, compassion, affection, love, sympathy, forgiveness”).

The sense of "to give" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

kasih (uncountable, uncommon)

  1. love, often referring to unconditional and compassionate love.
    Synonyms: sayang, cinta
    1. a deep caring for the existence of another
    2. a profound and caring affection towards someone

kasih (active mengasih, passive dikasih) (ditransitive, colloquial)

  1. synonym of beri (“to give”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

kasih

  1. love

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-qasiq (“mercy, pity, affection”).

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (kasīh), in inflected form kasīhan (current spelling kasihan). Sense of "giving" may be semantic extension from the action of loving into repaying or providing reciprocal affection.

kasih (Jawi spelling کاسيه, plural kasih-kasih, informal 1st possessive kasihku, 2nd possessive kasihmu, 3rd possessive kasihnya)

  1. love, care, affection
    Synonym: sayang

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

kasih

  1. to love, to show affection for
  2. (rare) to give
    Synonyms: kasi, beri, bagi

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • pengasih (“lover”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • kekasih (“lover”) [passive] (ke-)
  • kasihan (“pity, sympathy”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • mengasihani (“to pity”) [agent focus + repetition / reciprocity + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -an + -i)
  • mengasihi (“to love”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • berkasih-kasihan (“to be in love with each other”) [reduplication + stative / habitual + repetition / reciprocity] (redup + beR- + -an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “کاسه kasih”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 74
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کاسه kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 494-5
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kaseh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 514