tertarik

Tertarik is an Indonesian and Malay word meaning "attracted" or "interested." It is a stative form derived from the verb tarik, meaning "to draw" or "to attract," with the prefix ter- indicating a state resulting from an action. The word functions as an adjective or participle describing a person or thing that experiences interest or attraction.

In usage, tertarik expresses a personal feeling toward a person, idea, activity, or object. It is commonly followed by prepositional phrases such as pada or dengan, or sometimes digunakan dengan. Example sentences include: "Saya tertarik pada ide itu." "Dia tertarik dengan musik itu." "Perusahaan ini tertarik pada peluang pasar baru." The construction conveys current or general interest and does not itself carry active tense.

The noun form ketertarikan, meaning "interest" or "attraction," is used to refer to the state or quality of being attracted. It can appear in phrases like "ketertarikan terhadap teknologi" or "ketertarikan pasar." In both Indonesian and Malay, tertarik shares a semantic field with minat, although tertarik emphasizes immediacy or personal engagement.

Tertarik is common in formal and informal writing and speech. As with other ter- words, its exact nuance depends on context and the prepositional phrase that follows, but it generally signals that someone finds something appealing, valuable, or worthy of consideration.