gerah
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English
Etymology
From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).
Noun
gerah (plural gerahs)
- (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
- Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.
- New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25
- Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah, “ill, sick”), from Old Javanese gĕrah, grah (“weak, powerless; painful; hot”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rah, *ruh, *ruəh, *ruuh, *rəh (“to fall, be shed”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gêrah
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gerah” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
gerah
- Romanization of ꦒꦼꦫꦃ
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جراح (cerrâh), from Arabic جَرَّاح (jarrāḥ).
Noun
gerah m (plural gerahi)
Further reading
- gerah in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)