lurah

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Balinese

Romanization

lurah

  1. Romanization of ᬮᬸᬭᬄ

Indonesian

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

lurah (plural)

  1. (government) The chief executive officer in a subdistrict, urbanized fourth-level administrative division, kelurahan, in Indonesia.
  2. (Yogyakarta, government) The chief executive officer in a subdistrict, rural fourth-level administrative division, kalurahan, in Yogyakarta.

Derived terms

Noun

lurah (plural lurah-lurah)

  1. valley
    Synonyms: lembah, jurang
  2. groove
    Synonym: alur

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lurah

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦸꦫꦃ

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lurah/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧rah

Noun

lurah

  1. depth, gorge, valley
  2. ravine
    Synonyms: curah, juraṅ, paruṅ
  3. plain, valley
  4. chief, head, officer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦭꦸꦫꦃ (lurah, “village chief, chief”)
    • → Indonesian: lurah (semantic loan)
  • → Balinese: ᬮᬸᬭᬄ (lurah, “chief, leader, ruler”)

Further reading

  • "lurah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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