gairah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ghairah, gairah, from Classical Malay غيرە (ghairah), غيرە (gairah), from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra, “jealously, zeal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡai̯rah]
• Hyphenation: gai‧rah
• Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h

Noun

gairah (first-person possessive gairahku, second-person possessive gairahmu, third-person possessive gairahnya)

1. passion, strong desire

Alternative forms

• girah
• ghairah (Standard Malay)

Synonyms

• hasrat

Derived terms

• bergairah
• kegairahan
• menggairahkan
• segairah

 

Further reading

• “gairah” 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.