karah

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkarah/ [ˈka.rah]
• Rhymes: -arah
• Syllabification: ka‧rah

Inherited from Malay karah (“patchy”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

karah (plural karah-karah)

1. tartar (hard yellow deposit on the teeth)
2. stain.
3. (phytopathology) blast (a disease of cereal crops)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

karah (plural karah-karah)

1. reed (bamboo) whose stems are large and can be used as house poles, can reach a height of 30 m

Borrowed from Javanese karah (“metal band”), from Old Javanese karah (“certain item of attire”).

karah (plural karah-karah)

1. flange (rib or rim for strengthening)
2. the base of the knife blade, which is pointed and attached to the handle of the knife

• “karah”, 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
• Mien A. Rifai; E. A. Wijaya; Ermiati (1993), Kamus Biologi Fitopatologi [Dictionary of Phytopathology Biology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 35: “karah”