ꦱꦫꦃ

Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.rah/
  • Rhymes: -rah
  • Hyphenation: sa‧rah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Javanese sarah (“floating objects (wood etc) on river or sea, flotsam”).

Noun

ꦱꦫꦃ (sarah)

  1. garbage
  2. leaves etc. that drift in the water
  3. flotsam
  4. (dialect) abandoned corpse
Derived terms
  • ꦢꦶꦱꦫꦃ (disarah)
Descendants
  • → Sundanese: ᮞᮛᮂ (sarah)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْح (šarḥ, “cut; expounding, presentation, explanation”).

Noun

ꦱꦫꦃ (sarah)

  1. profit sharing
  2. information about Islam
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sarah” in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia], Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
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