rubah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈru.bah]
• Hyphenation: ru‧bah

Etymology 1

From Malay rubah, from Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōpās), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Noun

rubah (first-person possessive rubahku, second-person possessive rubahmu, third-person possessive rubahnya)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes).

Etymology 2

Noun

rubah

1. Misspelling of ubah (“to change”).

Further reading

• “rubah” 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.

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Malay

Alternative forms

• روبه

Etymology

From Persian روباه (rubâh), from Middle Persian [script needed] (rōpās), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *laupāća, diminutive of *laupi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rubah]
• Rhymes: -ubah, -bah, -ah

Noun

rubah (Jawi spelling روبه, plural rubah-rubah)

1. fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Synonyms

• musang / موسڠ