parah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay parah, from Persian (pâre, “torn”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈparah/
Hyphenation: pa‧rah
Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h

Adjective

parah

severe
Synonyms: berat, payah, sukar

Derived terms

memperparah
terparah

References

Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

Further reading

“parah” 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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