marah
See also: Marah
English
Noun
marah (plural marahs)
- (India, historical) A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay marah, possibly from Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction, calamity, danger”). Doublet of mara. Mostly displaced native bengis for the adjective, and amuk for the verb.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmarah/ [ˈma.rah]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arah
- Syllabification: ma‧rah
Adjective
marah (comparative lebih marah, superlative paling marah)
Derived terms
Affixations
Further reading
- “marah”, 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
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction”). Thus, doublet of mara.
Pronunciation
- (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈmarah/ [ˈma.rah]
- (Cocos) IPA(key): /ˈmaʁah/ [ˈma.ʁah]
- Rhymes: -arah, -rah, -ah
- Hyphenation: ma‧rah
Adjective
marah (Jawi spelling ماره, comparative lebih marah, superlative paling marah)
Verb
marah
- to scold; to get angry at (someone)
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Indonesian: marah (inherited)
Further reading
- "marah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *marhaz.
Noun
marah m
Descendants
- Italian: Maremma (via Lombardic)