tamat

Tamat is a word used in Malay and Indonesian that translates roughly as "finished," "ended," or "completed." In both languages, it functions as an adjective or participle describing a state of finality, and it appears in phrases such as tamat pengajian (completion of studies) or tamat sekolah (completion of schooling).

In everyday use, tamat conveys that something has reached its end. It can appear in various contexts, from education and processes to projects and events. The word can also form part of compound verbs, such as menamatkan, which means to finish or to complete something, often with a causative sense.

Tamat is also commonly seen in media and entertainment in Malay-speaking and Indonesian-speaking regions. At the end of a film, television program, or serialized story, on-screen captions may display tamat to indicate that the work has concluded, functioning similarly to "The End" in English.

In formal writing, more neutral terms like selesai (finished) or berakhir (ended) are sometimes preferred, but tamat remains a widely understood and everyday synonym for completion. The term is primarily linguistic in use and does not denote a distinct concept outside Malay- and Indonesian-language contexts.