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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay huruf, from Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf) plural of حَرْف (ḥarf).
Pronunciation
Noun
huruf (plural huruf-huruf, first-person possessive hurufku, second-person possessive hurufmu, third-person possessive hurufnya)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
- Synonym: aksara
- (law, of legislation) point
- Coordinate term: angka
- (linguistics, typography) graph: A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
- Synonym: graf
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Malay
Etymology
From Arabic حُرُوف (ḥurūf).
Pronunciation
Noun
huruf (Jawi spelling حروف, plural huruf-huruf, informal 1st possessive hurufku, 2nd possessive hurufmu, 3rd possessive hurufnya)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
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