arah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay arah.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arah (plural arah-arah)

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arah (Jawi spelling اره, plural arah-arah or arah²)

1. direction

   Arah barat ― Westwards

Verb

arah (Jawi spelling اره)

1. (transitive) to order someone to do something

   Synonym: suruh

Derived terms

Affixations

• arahan
• diarah
• mengarah
• pengarah
• pengarahan

Compounds

• ke arah

Further reading

• “arah”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017