acara
English
Etymology
From Portuguese acará, from Tupian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/
Noun
acara (plural acaras)
- Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Balinese
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay acara, from Classical Malay اچارا (acara), from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of acaram and ajar.
- The sense of court examination is a learned borrowing from Old Javanese ācāra (“custom, practice”) as a semantic loan from Dutch proces (“trial court”, literally “process, procedure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈat͡ʃa.ra]
- Hyphenation: aca‧ra
- Rhymes: -ra, -a
Noun
acara (first-person possessive acaraku, second-person possessive acaramu, third-person possessive acaranya)
Alternative forms
- atjara (superseded)
Derived terms
Affixations
- beracara
- kepengacaraan
- mengacara
- mengacarakan
- pengacara (“lawyer”)
- seacara
Compounds
- acara besar
- acara iklan
- acara niaga
- acara pembukaan
- acara pokok
- acara rapat
- acara surat
- acara tugas
- acara utama
- berita acara
- hukum acara
Further reading
- “acara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
- The sense of procedure (law) is a semantic loan from Indonesian acara (“court examination”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /at͡ʃarə/
- (Baku) IPA(key): /at͡ʃara/
- Rhymes: -arə, -rə, -ə
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
acara (Jawi spelling اچارا, plural acara-acara, informal 1st possessive acaraku, 2nd possessive acaramu, 3rd possessive acaranya)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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