ꦭꦸꦫꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lurah (“chief, officer, head; region, province”, literally “ravine, gorge, valley, depth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.rah/
• Hyphenation: lu‧rah

Noun

ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah)

1. village chief
2. chief

Alternative forms

• ꦫꦃ (rah) (colloquial)

Derived terms

• ꦏꦭꦸꦫꦲꦤ꧀ (kalurahan)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: lurah (semantic loan)

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “lurah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN