merdeka

Etymology
From, from , from. Cognate of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

Adjective

 * 1) free from oppression (e.g. slavery)
 * 2)  free from colonialism, annexation, military occupation, etc.; liberated; independent
 * 3)  free from an obligation, especially a prison sentence
 * 4)  self-sufficient; independent; not dependent on others
 * 1)  self-sufficient; independent; not dependent on others

Etymology
Elision of from, first attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as , Cognate of 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * Note: This "Johor-Riau" pronunciation does not occur in the modern Malaysian variety of Johor-Riau Malay probably due to the influence of Tunku Abdul Rahman's historic "merdeka" chant with his accent which does not have the same final-/a/ allophony as Johor-Riau Malay.
 * Note: This "Johor-Riau" pronunciation does not occur in the modern Malaysian variety of Johor-Riau Malay probably due to the influence of Tunku Abdul Rahman's historic "merdeka" chant with his accent which does not have the same final-/a/ allophony as Johor-Riau Malay.
 * Note: This "Johor-Riau" pronunciation does not occur in the modern Malaysian variety of Johor-Riau Malay probably due to the influence of Tunku Abdul Rahman's historic "merdeka" chant with his accent which does not have the same final-/a/ allophony as Johor-Riau Malay.

Adjective

 * 1) free; the state of being liberated
 * 2)  independent not ruled by others
 * 1)  independent not ruled by others
 * 1)  independent not ruled by others
 * 1)  independent not ruled by others