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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay darurat, from Arabic ضَرُورَات (ḍarūrāt).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
darurat
- emergency (situation requiring urgent assistance)
Usage notes
The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay darurat.
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References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic ضَرُورَة (ḍarūra).
Noun
darurat (Jawi spelling ضرورة)
- emergency
- (of government) state of emergency
Usage notes
The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian darurat.
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Further reading