zarah

See also: Zarah and žarah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay zarah, from Classical Malay ضاررح (dharrah), ذرح (dzarah), ذره (zarah), زررح (zarrah), from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra, “tiny particle, speck, mote”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzarah/ [ˈza.rah]
• Rhymes: -arah
• Syllabification: za‧rah

Noun

zarah (plural zarah-zarah)

1. tiny particle, speck
2. (biology, ecology, physics, uncommon) particle

   Synonym: partikel

3. (uncommon) atom

   Synonym: atom

Alternative forms

• zarrah (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• menzarah
• sezarah

• zarah awan
• zarah bebas
• zarah identik
• zarah ribosom
• zarah teras

Further reading

• “zarah”, 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

Sumerian

Romanization

zarah

1. romanization of 𒊕𒉺𒆸 (zaraḫ)