gerah
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).
Noun edit
gerah (plural gerahs)
- (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
- Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
- New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25
- Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah, “ill, sick”), from Old Javanese gĕrah, grah (“weak, powerless; painful; hot”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rah, *ruh, *ruəh, *ruuh, *rəh (“to fall, be shed”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gêrah
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gerah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
gerah
- Romanization of ꦒꦼꦫꦃ
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جراح (cerrâh), from Arabic جَرَّاح (jarrāḥ).
Noun edit
gerah m (plural gerahi)
Further reading edit
- gerah in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)