cerita

• tjerita (1947–1972)

From Malay cerita (“story”), from Classical Malay cetera (“story”), from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “course of life”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrita/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ce‧ri‧ta

cêrita

1. story

• “cerita”, 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

Borrowed from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, “course of life”). Compare Tagalog salita (“declaration”). Doublet of cetera and ceritera.

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈritə/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪ə]
• (Baku, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrita/ [t͡ʃəˈri.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧ta

cerita (Jawi spelling چريتا, plural cerita-cerita or cerita²)

1. story

   Synonyms: kisah, royat, riwayat

2. (Malaysia, informal) any televised or screened show (movies, television etc)

• > Indonesian: cerita (inherited)

• Edi Sedyawati; Ellya Iswati; Kusparyati Boedhijono; Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994), Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, page 225

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

• cerite (Portugal)

• Hyphenation: ce‧ri‧ta

cerita f (plural ceritas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (mineralogy) cerite

• “cerita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cerita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026