bilah

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbilah/ [ˈbi.lah]
• Rhymes: -ilah
• Syllabification: bi‧lah

Inherited from Malay bilah.

bilah (plural bilah-bilah)

1. blade:
   1. sharp-edged working end

      Synonyms: mata pisau, aler

   2. (mechanical engineering) the flat functional end or piece

      Synonym: sudu

bilah

1. Classifier used for knife and sword.

bilah

1. to split into two or more parts

Probably borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

bilah (plural bilah-bilah)

1. inexperienced young

• “bilah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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• Rhymes: -lah

bilah (plural bilah-bilah or bilah²)

1. blade

• "bilah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

bilah

1. third-person possessed form of shilah