Editing Indonesian language (section)

=== Other loan words ===
Modern Indonesian draws many of its words from foreign sources; there are many [[synonym]]s. For example, Indonesian has three words for "book", i.e. {{lang|id|pustaka}} (from Sanskrit), {{lang|id|kitab}} (from Arabic) and {{lang|id|buku}} (from Dutch {{lang|nl|boek}}); however, each has a slightly different meaning. A {{lang|id|pustaka}} is often connected with ancient wisdom or sometimes with esoteric knowledge. A derived form, {{lang|id|perpustakaan}} means a library. A {{lang|id|kitab}} is usually a religious scripture or a book containing moral guidance. The Indonesian words for the [[Bible]] and [[Gospel]] are {{lang|id|Alkitab}} and {{lang|id|Injil}}, both directly derived from Arabic. The book containing the penal code is also called the {{lang|id|kitab}}. {{lang|id|Buku}} is the most common word for books.

There are direct borrowings from various other languages of the world, such as {{lang|id|karaoke}} (from {{lang|ja|カラオケ}}) from [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and {{lang|id|ebi}} (from {{lang|ja|えび}}) which means dried shrimp. Many words that originally are adopted through the Dutch language today however often are mistaken as English due to the similarity in the Germanic nature of both languages. In some cases the words are replaced by English language through globalization: although the word {{lang|id|arbei}} ({{langx|nl|aardbei}}) still literally means strawberry in Indonesian, today the usage of the word {{lang|id|stroberi}} is more common. [[Greek language|Greek]] words such as {{lang|id|demokrasi}} (from {{lang|el|δημοκρατία}} {{transliteration|el|dēmokratía}}), {{lang|id|filosofi}}, {{lang|id|filsafat}} (both from {{lang|el|φιλοσοφία}} {{transliteration|el|philosophia}}), {{lang|id|mitos}} (from {{lang|el|μῦθος}} {{transliteration|el|mythos}}) came through Dutch, Arabic and Portuguese respectively.

It is notable that some of the loanwords that exist in both Indonesian and Malaysian languages are different in spelling and pronunciation mainly due to how they derived their origins: Malaysian utilises words that reflect the [[English language|English]] usage (as used by its former colonial power, the [[United Kingdom|British]]), while Indonesian uses a [[Latin]]ate form (e.g. {{lang|zsm|aktiviti}} (Malaysian) vs. {{lang|id|aktivitas}} (Indonesian), {{lang|zsm|universiti}} (Malaysian) vs. {{lang|id|universitas}} (Indonesian)).