darat

See also: dårat and darāt

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat

1. land (part of Earth that is not covered by bodies of water)

   Antonyms: aing, laut

Derived terms

• lauk darat (“freshwater fish”)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”). Cognate with Tagalog dagat (“sea”), Cebuano dagat, Kapampangan dayat, Pangasinan dayat, Tausug dagat, Malay darat (“dry land”), and Tetum raat (“seashore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾat/ [ˈdɐ.ɾat]
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat

1. sand

Derived terms

• kadaratan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay darat, from Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdarat/ [ˈda.rat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -arat
• Syllabification: da‧rat

Noun

darat (plural darat-darat)

1. ground
2. land

Derived terms

• angin darat
• angkatan darat
• awak darat
• berjalan darat
• buaya darat
• darat darau
• darau darat
• dok darat
• ikan darat
• jalan darat
• kangkung darat
• kopi darat
• lintah darat
• mabuk darat
• melintah darat
• merbau darat
• naik darat
• pawang darat
• pelabuhan darat
• pengeboran darat
• rambu darat
• ranjau darat
• tanah darat

Further reading

• “darat” 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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Rhymes: -arat, -rat, -at

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, plural darat-darat)

1. land (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

Verb

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, used in the form mendarat)

1. to land (to descend to a surface, especially from the air)
2. to land (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water)
3. one part of land owned and controlled by one or more persons that have no bodies of water

Further reading

• “darat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دارات (darat).

Noun

darat n (plural daraturi)

1. (obsolete) court ceremonial

Declension

Declension of darat

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	darat	daratul		daraturi	daraturile
genitive-dative	darat	daratului		daraturi	daraturilor
vocative	daratule			daraturilor

References

• darat in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat, possibly through Malay darat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.rat/
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat (Sundanese script ᮓᮛᮒ᮪)

1. ground