berita

Borrowed from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta)

• IPA^(key): /bərɪta/

berita

1. news

From Malay berita, from Classical Malay berita (compare to Old Javanese wrĕta), from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta). Doublet of warita, warta, urit, and urita.

• IPA^(key): [bəˈri.ta]
• Rhymes: -ta, -a
• Hyphenation: bê‧ri‧ta

bêrita (plural berita-berita, first-person possessive beritaku, second-person possessive beritamu, third-person possessive beritanya)

1. news

   Synonyms: info, informasi, kabar, warta, warita, kisah, siaran, uar-uar, urit, urita, wara-wara

2. report

   Synonym: laporan

3. announcement

   Synonyms: maklumat, pemberitahuan, pengumuman

• “berita” 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.

Borrowed from Prakrit, from Sanskrit वृत्त (vṛtta). Doublet of warta (compare to Old Javanese wrĕta).

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bə.ri.tə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /bə.ri.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita, -ta, -a

berita (Jawi spelling بريتا, plural berita-berita, informal 1st possessive beritaku, 2nd possessive beritamu, 3rd possessive beritanya)

1. news

   Synonyms: khabar, warta

• Indonesian: berita
• → Cebuano: balita
• → Hiligaynon: balita
• → Matigsalug Manobo: balita
• → Tagalog: balita

• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 195-196

• “berita” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.