paruh
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈparuh/ [ˈpa.rʊh]
- Rhymes: -aruh
- Syllabification: pa‧ruh
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay paruh, from Classical Malay paruh. Compare Old Javanese paru, parö (“nearness, closeness”).
Noun
paruh (plural paruh-paruh)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay paruh, from Classical Malay paruh, from Old Javanese paro, parwa (“half”) (Javanese ꦥꦫꦺꦴ (paro, “half”)), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of parwa.
Numeral
paruh
Alternative forms
- paro (nonstandard)
Derived terms
Affixations
- separuh
Compounds
Related terms
Further reading
- “paruh”, 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