merah

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay merah, from mirah, from Proto-Malayic *(ma-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)iʀaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛrah/
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Adjective

mèrah

  1. red (having red as its colour)
    Saya ingin membeli sebuah mobil merah.
    I want to buy a red car.

Noun

mèrah

  1. red (colour)
    Merah adalah warna kesukaanku.
    Red is my favourite colour.

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)
     putih      abu-abu, kelabu      hitam
             merah; kirmizi              jingga; cokelat, pirang tua              kuning; krem
             hijau pupus, hijau limau              hijau              hijau pudina; hijau tua
             nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut              biru langit, nilakandi              biru
             lembayung; nila              patma; ungu              merah jambu, merah muda

Etymology 2

Inflected form of perah.

Pronunciation

Verb

mêrah

  1. (colloquial) actor focus of perah

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

Noun

mêrah

  1. chief, a term of nobility.
    Synonym: marah

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mirah, from Proto-Malayic *(ma-)irah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)iʀaq.

Pronunciation

Adjective

merah (Jawi spelling ميره)

  1. red (having red as its colour)
    Saya mahu beli kereta merah.
    I want to buy a red car.

Usage notes

Word merah can be used the same way brown can be applied to the dark colour of unprocessed natural produce - the 'brown' of raw palm sugar or jaggery can be translated as gula merah.

Noun

merah (Jawi spelling ميره, plural merah-merah, informal 1st possessive merahku, 2nd possessive merahmu, 3rd possessive merahnya)

  1. red (colour)
    Merah warna kegemaran saya.
    Red is my favourite colour.
    Synonyms: berma, biram, abang

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ميره merah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 138
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ميره merah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 666
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “merah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 132

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