pemarah

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed peng- +‎ marah, from Malay pemarah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈmarah/ [pəˈma.rah]
• Rhymes: -arah
• Syllabification: pe‧ma‧rah

Noun

pemarah (plural pemarah-pemarah)

1. hothead

   Synonym: peradang

Adjective

pemarah (comparative lebih pemarah, superlative paling pemarah)

1. grumpy; hotheaded; easily angered

Further reading

• “pemarah”, 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