arah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay arah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarah]
• Hyphenation: arah

Noun

arah (first-person possessive arahku, second-person possessive arahmu, third-person possessive arahnya)

1. direction

   Synonym: jurusan

2. purpose

   Synonym: tujuan

Derived terms

• arahan
• berarah
• keterarahan
• mengarah
• mengarahkan
• menyearahkan
• pengarah
• pengarahan
• penyearah
• searah
• terarah

 

• arah angin
• arah depan
• arah jam
• arah ke
• arah lindungan angin
• arah pengembangan
• arah tujuan
• arah usaha

 

Further reading

• “arah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arah/
• Rhymes: -arah, -rah, -ah

Noun

arah (Jawi spelling اره, plural arah-arah, informal 1st possessive arahku, 2nd possessive arahmu, 3rd possessive arahnya)

1. direction

   Arah barat ― Westwards

Verb

arah (Jawi spelling اره)

1. (transitive) to order someone to do something

   Synonym: suruh

Derived terms

• arahan
• diarah
• mengarah
• pengarah
• pengarahan

 

Further reading

• “arah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.