kahrab

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Malay kahrab, from Classical Persian (kahrubā, “amber”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkahrap̚/
Hyphenation: kah‧rab
Rhymes: -rap, -ap, -p

Noun edit

kahrab (plural kahrab-kahrab, first-person possessive kahrabku, second-person possessive kahrabmu, third-person possessive kahrabnya)

amber
Synonyms: ambar, amber

Derived terms edit

kahrab kuning

References edit

^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading edit

“kahrab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

[1] Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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