upacara

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese upacāra, from Sanskrit उपचार (upacāra).

Noun

upacara (Balinese script ᬉᬧᬘᬵᬭ)

1. ceremony

Further reading

• “upacara”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay upacara, from Sanskrit उपचार (upacāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /upaˈt͡ʃara/ [u.paˈt͡ʃa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: u‧pa‧ca‧ra

Noun

upacara (plural upacara-upacara)

1. ceremony

   Synonyms: seremoni, istiadat (Malay)

2. procedure, practice, method

   Synonyms: kaidah, tata cara

Alternative forms

• oepatjara (1901–1947)
• upatjara (1947–1972)

Derived terms

• upacara adat
• upacara ancak
• upacara bendera
• upacara inisiasi
• upacara karo
• upacara kenduri blang
• upacara kenegaraan
• upacara liele rahuipo
• upacara lingkaran hidup
• upacara menari
• upacara nampo tawar
• upacara panggih
• upacara pariwanga
• upacara penyucian diri
• upacara piodalan
• upacara pitra yadnya
• upacara potong gigi
• upacara tiba pisah
• upacara tiba rakik
• upacara tolak bala

Further reading

• “upacara”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

upacara

1. romanization of ꦲꦸꦥꦕꦫ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit उपचार (upacāra).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌupəˈt͡ʃarə/ [ˌu.pəˈt͡ʃa.rə]
  • Rhymes: -arə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌupaˈt͡ʃara/ [ˌu.paˈt͡ʃa.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: u‧pa‧ca‧ra

Noun

upacara (Jawi spelling اوڤاچارا, plural upacara-upacara or upacara²)

1. rite, ceremony, ritual

Descendants

• > Indonesian: upacara (inherited)

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Noun

upacara

1. alternative spelling of cara, pacara, upacara, upacāra

Further reading

• "upacara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.