darat

See also: dårat and darāt

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat

1. land (part of Earth that is not covered by bodies of water)

   • Antonyms: aing, laut

Derived terms

• lauk darat (“freshwater fish”)

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Indonesian

Noun

darat

1. ground
2. land

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Rhymes: -arat, -rat, -at

• Audio (MY):

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Noun

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, plural darat-darat, informal 1st possessive daratku, 2nd possessive daratmu, 3rd possessive daratnya)

1. land (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

Verb

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, used in the form mendarat)

1. to land (to descend to a surface, especially from the air)
2. to land (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water)
3. one part of land owned and controlled by one or more persons that have no bodies of water

Further reading

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

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Sundanese

Romanization

darat

1. Romanization of ᮓᮛᮒ᮪