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English
Noun
citra (uncountable)
- Alternative form of chitra (“Indian art genre”)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay citra (“image”), from Sanskrit चित्र (citrá, “picture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): , /t͡ʃit.ra/ (formal)
- IPA(key): , /t͡ʃi.tra/ (colloquial)
- Hyphenation: cit‧ra (formal)
- Hyphenation: ci‧tra (colloquial)
Noun
citra (plural citra-citra, first-person possessive citraku, second-person possessive citramu, third-person possessive citranya)
- image; picture; visualization
- Synonyms: rupa, gambar, gambaran
- (management) people's perception towards a person, company, organization or product
- (literary) mental or visual effect created by a word, phrase or sentence that has the basic elements of prose and poetry
- (forestry) data or information from aerial photographs used as evaluation materials
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
citra
- Romanization of ꦕꦶꦠꦿ
Latin
Etymology
citer + -ā (adverb)
Pronunciation
Adjective
citra
- inflection of citer:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
- nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
Adverb
citrā (not comparable)
- on this side
- Synonym: hinc
- Antonyms: ultrā, ultrō
Preposition
citrā (+ accusative)
- (of location) on this side of, before, under
- (of location) without, apart from
References
- “citra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- citra in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “citra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- citra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit चित्र (citrá, “picture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
citra (Jawi spelling چيترا, plural citra-citra, informal 1st possessive citraku, 2nd possessive citramu, 3rd possessive citranya)
- (dated) picture
- Synonym: gambar
- (dated) drawing
- Synonym: lukisan
- (dated) sculpture
- Synonym: arca
- image or perception towards a person, object, or organization
2019 June 16, Amin Senin, “Memugar jiwa pendidik, asah gaya fikir [Renewing the soul of an educator, sharpening the method of thinking]”, in Berita Harian, archived from the original on 12 November 2019:Citra seorang guru selalu dinilai berdasarkan keberkesanan dan kecekapan mereka melaksanakan peranan dan tanggungjawab keguruan.- The image of a teacher is often evaluated based on the effectiveness and efficiency of the teacher to execute the role and responsibilities of teaching.
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
Descendants
- > Indonesian: citra (inherited)
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “picture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
citra
- painting, picture, sketch
- letter
Adjective
citra
- variegated, many-coloured, bright-coloured
- extraordinary
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "citra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
cȉtra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏тра)
- zither
Declension