ꦧꦫꦃ

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese barah (“leprous ulcer”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.rah/
  • Rhymes: -rah
  • Hyphenation: ba‧rah

Noun

ꦧꦫꦃ (barah)

  1. leprosy

Further reading
  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “barah”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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