surat

See also: Surat and sürat

English

Noun

surat (plural surats)

1. Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”)

Anagrams

• Astur, Rutas, Sūtra, UARTs, ratus, sutra, sūtra

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧rat
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾat/, [ˈsu.ɾat]

Noun

súrat

1. a letter; a mail; a correspondence

   Synonym: koreyo

2. a written message

   Synonym: mensahe

Derived terms

• isurat
• kagsurat
• magsurat
• parasurat
• suraton

 

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /suˈɾat/
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

surat (feminine surada, masculine plural surats, feminine plural surades)

1. past participle of surar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.rat/
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at

Etymology 1

From Malay surat, from Arabic سُورَة‎ (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Noun

surat (first-person possessive suratku, second-person possessive suratmu, third-person possessive suratnya)

1. document (original or official paper)

   Synonym: dokumen

2. letter (written message)
3. writing

   Synonym: tulisan

4. inscription
5. certificate

   Synonym: sertifikat

6. card

   Synonym: kartu

Derived terms

• bersurat
• ketersuratan
• menyurat
• menyurati
• menyuratkan
• persuratan
• surat-menyurat
• suratan
• tersurat
• tersuratkan

 

• surat angkatan
• surat anonim
• surat antisipasi obligasi
• surat bahari
• surat berantai
• surat berharga
• surat buta
• surat cerai
• surat cinta
• surat dakwaan
• surat dinas
• surat edaran
• surat elektronik
• surat gadai
• surat gelap
• surat hibah
• surat ijazah
• surat isian
• surat izin
• surat jalan
• surat jaminan
• surat jawatan
• surat kabar
• surat kaleng
• surat kawat
• surat kawin
• surat kelahiran
• surat kematian
• surat kepemilikan
• surat kepercayaan
• surat keterangan
• surat kilat
• surat kuasa
• surat lahir
• surat lamaran kerja
• surat lepas
• surat mati
• surat mentega
• surat mualim
• surat muatan
• surat niaga
• surat nikah
• surat pajak
• surat paksa
• surat pas
• surat pembaca
• surat pemberitahuan
• surat pemilih
• surat pengangkatan
• surat pengantar
• surat pengenal
• surat peringatan
• surat perintah
• surat permintaan
• surat permohonan
• surat pribadi
• surat pujian
• surat rantai
• surat rekomendasi
• surat resmi
• surat sakti
• surat salinan
• surat sebaran
• surat segel
• surat selebaran
• surat sembah
• surat sensasi
• surat siaran
• surat sita
• surat somasi
• surat suara
• surat talak
• surat tanda anggota
• surat tanda registrasi
• surat tempelan
• surat terbang
• surat terbuka
• surat tercatat
• surat tilang
• surat tuduhan
• surat tugas
• surat ukur
• surat uleman
• surat undangan
• surat undian
• surat usiran
• surat utang
• surat warisan
• surat wasiat

 

Descendants

• → Tetum: surat

Etymology 2

Noun

surat (first-person possessive suratku, second-person possessive suratmu, third-person possessive suratnya)

1. (Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”).

Further reading

• “surat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Javanese

Romanization

surat

1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic سُورَة‎ (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surat/
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at

Noun

surat (Jawi spelling سورت‎, plural surat-surat, informal 1st possessive suratku, 2nd possessive suratmu, 3rd possessive suratnya)

1. document (original or official paper)
2. letter (written message)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• surat-menyurat (“to write letters between one another”)
• surat akuan (“letter of declaration”)
• surat khabar (“newspaper”)
• sampul surat (“envelope”)

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: surat
• Indonesian: surat
  • → Tetum: surat
• → Malagasy: soratra
• → Tagalog: sulat
• → Ternate: surat

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

Swedish

Verb

surat

1. supine of sura

Anagrams

• rusat, rusta, rutas

Ternate

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ɾat]

Noun

surat

1. a letter (written message)

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian surat.

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish صورت‎, from Arabic صُورَة‎ (ṣūra). Doublet of suret.

Noun

surat (definite accusative suratı, plural suratlar)

1. face

   Synonym: yüz

2. surliness

   Bir daha bu suratla misafirleri karşıladığını görmeyeyim!

   You better not greet our guests with that surliness again!

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	сурат (surat)‍
Latin	surat‍
Perso-Arabic

Noun

surat (plural suratlar)

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Western Bukidnon Manobo

Verb

surat

1. to write