arkus

Learned borrowing from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Doublet of arku.

• IPA^(key): [ˈarkʊs]
• Hyphenation: ar‧kus

arkus (plural arkus-arkus)

1. (geology) rainbow

• “arkus” 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.

Borrowed from Hindi ख़रगोश (xargoś) or Urdu خرگوش.

• IPA^(key): /arkus/
• Rhymes: -kus, -us

arkus (Jawi spelling ارکوس, plural arkus-arkus)

1. (especially Kedah and Penang) alternative form of argus

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