keras hati

Compound of keras (“hard; rigid”) +‎ hati (“heart”). Literally, “heart's hard”.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˌras ˈhati/ [kəˌras ˈha.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: ke‧ras ha‧ti

keras hati (not comparable)

1. persistent; persevering

• “keras hati”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Compound of keras (“hard; rigid”) +‎ hati (“heart”). Literally, “heart's hard”.

• IPA^(key): /kəˌras ˈhati/ [kəˌras ˈha.t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ati
• Hyphenation: ke‧ras ha‧ti

keras hati (Jawi spelling کرس هاتي)

1. stubborn^[1]

   Synonyms: degil, nakal

2. persistent; persevering^[1]

• “keras hati”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017