kahrab

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kahrab, from Classical Persian کهربا (kahrubā, amber).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkahrap̚/
  • Hyphenation: kah‧rab
  • Rhymes: -rap, -ap, -p

Noun

kahrab (plural kahrab-kahrab, first-person possessive kahrabku, second-person possessive kahrabmu, third-person possessive kahrabnya)

  1. amber
    Synonyms: ambar, amber

Derived terms

  • kahrab kuning

References

  1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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