biara
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay biara (“monastery”), from Old Malay vihāra (“monastery”), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”). Doublet of wihara.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbiara
- monastery: a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).
Usage notes
editThis word (biara) is used for non-Buddhist monastery in Indonesian, especially the Christian one. For the Buddhist monastery, wihara, which is the cognate and loanword from Javanese, is used instead in Indonesian. This is different from Malay biara which used for all meaning of monastery.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “biara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -a
Noun
editbiara (Jawi spelling بيارا, plural biara-biara, informal 1st possessive biaraku, 2nd possessive biaramu, 3rd possessive biaranya)
Usage notes
editUnlike in Malay, Indonesian biara has developed specialised meaning.
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms inherited from Old Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
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- Indonesian nouns
- id:Christianity
- id:Monasticism
- Malay terms derived from Sanskrit
- Rhymes:Malay/a
- Rhymes:Malay/a/3 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Monasticism