kerabat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kerabat, from Arabic أَقْرَب (ʔaqrab).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈrabat/ [kəˈra.bat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -abat
• Syllabification: ke‧ra‧bat

Noun

kêrabat (first-person possessive kerabatku, second-person possessive kerabatmu, third-person possessive kerabatnya)

1. family

   Synonym: keluarga

2. relative; kinsmen; consanguine

   Synonym: sanak

3. (geology) suite

Adjective

kêrabat

1. consanguineous

Derived terms

• kerabat dekat
• kerabat jauh

 

Further reading

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