petala

See also: pétala and petală

English

Noun

petala

plural of petalum

Anagrams

Platea, leap at, palate, paleta, patela

Dutch

Noun

petala

plural of petalum

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay petala, from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈtala/ [pəˈt̪a.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: pe‧ta‧la

Noun

pêtala

(chiefly obsolete) layer, level
Synonyms: lapis, tingkat

Further reading

“petala” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Pronunciation

(Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pə.ta.lə]
- Rhymes: -lə, -ə
(Baku) IPA^(key): [pə.ta.la]
- Rhymes: -la, -a
Hyphenation: pe‧ta‧la

Noun

petala (Jawi spelling ڤتالا)

(obsolete) layer, level
Synonyms: lapis, susun, tingkat
(chemistry, physics) shell (set of atomic orbitals)

Compounds

petala bumi
petala elektron
petala valens
tujuh petala bumi
tujuh petala langit

Descendants

Indonesian: petala

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

petala

second-person singular voseo imperative of petar combined with la