kalurahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Javanese ꦏꦭꦸꦫꦲꦤ꧀ (kalurahan). Doublet of kelurahan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lu.ˈrah.an/
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: ka‧lu‧rah‧an

Noun

kalurahan (plural kalurahan-kalurahan, first-person possessive kalurahanku, second-person possessive kalurahanmu, third-person possessive kalurahannya)

1. (Yogyakarta, government) rural fourth-level division in Yogyakarta

   Hypernym: desa

Usage notes

Due to special status of Yogyakarta, rural fourth-level division is called kalurahan, an unadapted borrowing, which is known as desa (literally “village”) in other part of Indonesia, while the urbanized one kept the adapted spelling of kelurahan.

Javanese

Romanization

kalurahan

1. Romanization of ꦏꦭꦸꦫꦲꦤ꧀