marah

See also: Marah

English

Noun

marah (plural marahs)

1. (India, historical) A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.

Anagrams

• Mahar, Ramah, Hamar, Haram, haram

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay marah, possibly from one of which:

• Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction, calamity, danger”) or its cognate in Persian [Term?]. Doublet of mara.
• Proto-Malayic *(ma-)irah (“red”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)iʀaq (“red”). Doublet of merah.

Largely displaced native bengis for the adjective, and amuk for the verb and the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmarah/ [ˈma.rah]

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• Rhymes: -arah
• Syllabification: ma‧rah

Adjective

marah (comparative lebih marah, superlative paling marah)

1. angry; mad; upset

   Synonyms: berang, gusar, murka

Derived terms

Affixations

• kemarahan (“anger”)
• memarahi (“to be angry with someone”)
• memarahkan (“to anger”)
• pemarah (“grumpy; hot-headed”)

Further reading

• “marah”, 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

Anagrams

• haram, ramah, mahar

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from one of which:

• Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction”). Doublet of mara.
• Proto-Malayic *(ma-)irah (“red”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)iʀaq (“red”). Doublet of merah.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈmarah/ [ˈma.rah]

• (Cocos) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁah/ [ˈma.ʁah]
• Rhymes: -arah, -rah, -ah
• Hyphenation: ma‧rah

Adjective

marah (Jawi spelling ماره, comparative lebih marah, superlative paling marah)

1. angry; mad

Verb

marah

1. to scold; to get angry at (someone)

Derived terms

Affixations

• kemarahan
• memarahi
• memarahkan
• pemarah

Descendants

• > Indonesian: marah (inherited)

Further reading

• "marah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marhaz.

Noun

marah m

1. horse

Descendants

• Italian: Maremma (via Lombardic)