jazirah
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- djazirah (pre-1967)
- jasirah
- jazirat
Etymology
From Malay jazirah, from Classical Malay jazirah, from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “peninsula”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaˈzirah/
- Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: ja‧zi‧rah
References
- Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
- “jazirah” 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.
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