English edit

Noun edit

daerah (plural daerahs)

  1. An administrative division in parts of West Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay daerah, from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira, circle).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /daˈɛrah/, [daˈɛ.rah]
  • Hyphenation: da‧è‧rah
  • Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h

Noun edit

daèrah (plural daerah-daerah, first-person possessive daerahku, second-person possessive daerahmu, third-person possessive daerahnya)

  1. region; area
    Synonyms: kawasan, wilayah

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Malay edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

daerah (Jawi spelling داءيره, plural daerah-daerah, informal 1st possessive daerahku, 2nd possessive daerahmu, 3rd possessive daerahnya)

  1. district, region, area

Descendants edit

  • Indonesian: daerah

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