mengarang

Affixation of arang (“charcoal”) +‎ meng-.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məŋˈaraŋ/ [məŋˈa.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -araŋ
• Syllabification: meng‧a‧rang

mengarang (active mengarang)

1. to become charcoal, to carbonize
2. to be burnt

Affixation of karang (“coral”) +‎ meng-, inherited from Malay mengarang, from Classical Malay mengarang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈŋaraŋ/ [məˈŋa.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -araŋ
• Syllabification: me‧nga‧rang

mengarang (active mengarang)

1. to become coral, to coralize

Affixation of karang (“to arrange; to create”) +‎ meng-, inherited from Malay mengarang, from Classical Malay mengarang.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈŋaraŋ/ [məˈŋa.raŋ]
• Rhymes: -araŋ
• Syllabification: me‧nga‧rang

mengarang (active mengarang, reflexive passive terkarang, ordinary passive dikarang, imperative karang, emphatic-jussive karanglah)

1. (transitive) to compose, to compile (to form something from various items)
2. (transitive) to compose, to write (to produce music, poetry, or formal writing)
3. (transitive) to contrive, to concoct, to make up (to compose something with the intent to deceive)
4. (transitive, of flowers) to arrange, to combine (to organize in a neat way)

   Synonyms: menyusun, merangkai

5. (transitive, of pearls, beads etc.) to thread, to string (to put on a string)

• “mengarang”, 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

Affixation of meng- +‎ karang.

• IPA^(key): [mə.ŋa.raŋ]
• Hyphenation: me‧nga‧rang

mengarang (Jawi spelling مڠارڠ)

1. Active of karang.