beras

See also: beRas, Beras, bēras, bērās, bėras, and bǽras

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕras, bras (“rice”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of baas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəras/

Noun

beras (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄) (alus mider)

1. uncooked rice

   Synonyms: (andap) baas, (alus singgih) galih

Derived terms

• beberasan

Further reading

• “beras”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈras/ [bəˈras]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: be‧ras

Noun

bêras (plural beras-beras)

1. milled uncooked rice
2. grain: the harvested seeds

   Synonyms: biji-bijian, butir-butiran

Derived terms

• beras analog
• beras basah
• beras bersih
• beras bertih
• beras campur
• beras cerah
• beras dagang
• beras giling
• beras hitam
• beras impor
• beras jernih
• beras kencur
• beras kepala
• beras ketan
• beras ketas
• beras kisar
• beras konversi
• beras kumbah
• beras lembap
• beras meja
• beras merah
• beras organik
• beras patah
• beras pecah
• beras pecah kulit
• beras petas
• beras pratanak
• beras pulut
• beras putih
• beras recak
• beras recak-recok
• beras setengah olah
• beras setengah tanak
• beras sosoh
• beras tumbuk
• beras utuh

See also

• nasi (“cooked rice”)
  • nasi goreng (“fried rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)
• sawah (“paddy field”)

References

• “beras”, 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

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bĕras, bras (“rice”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəras/

Noun

beras (Carakan script ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀) (ngoko)

1. uncooked rice

   Synonym: (krama) wos

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “beras”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

beras

1. rice (raw seeds used as food)

Latin

Adjective

bērās

1. accusative feminine plural of bērus

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəras/
• Rhymes: -əras, -ras, -as

Noun

beras (Jawi spelling برس, plural beras-petas)

1. uncooked rice
2. (obsolete) any grain (of plant pollen)

   Synonyms: butir, biji, debu

Derived terms

• bedak beras
• beras basah
• beras bersih
• beras bertih
• beras campur
• beras cerah
• beras dagang
• beras giling
• beras hitam
• beras impor
• beras jernih
• beras kencur
• beras kepala
• beras ketan
• beras ketas
• beras kisar
• beras kumbah
• beras lembap
• beras meja
• beras merah
• beras organik
• beras patah
• beras pecah
• beras pecah kulit
• beras petas
• beras pratanak
• beras pulut
• beras putih
• beras recak
• beras recak-recok
• beras tumbuk
• beras utuh
• tepung beras

Descendants

• Indonesian: beras
• → Nias: beras
• → Palauan: beras

See also

• nasi (“cooked rice”)
• padi (“paddy plant”)
• sawah (“paddy field”)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “برس bĕras”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 50
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “برس bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 125-6
• “beras”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay beras.

Noun

beras

1. rice

References

• beras in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• beras in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• beras in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 16.

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

beras

1. rice (raw seeds used as food)