gerabah

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦿꦧꦃ (grabah, “crockery, earthenware”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈrabah/ [ɡəˈra.bah]
• Rhymes: -abah
• Syllabification: ge‧ra‧bah

Noun

gerabah (plural gerabah-gerabah)

1. crockery
2. earthenware

   Synonyms: bahan tanah, tembikar

3. pottery

   Synonym: tembikar

Further reading

• “gerabah”, 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