acara

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/

    Noun

    acara (plural acaras)

    1. Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.

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    Balinese

    Romanization

    acara

    1. romanization of ᬆᬘᬵᬭ

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    From Malay acara, from Classical Malay اچارا (acara), from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)). Doublet of acaram and ajar.

    • The sense of court examination is a learned borrowing from Old Javanese ācāra (custom, practice) as a semantic loan from Dutch proces (trial court, literally process, procedure).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃara/ [aˈt͡ʃa.ra]
    • Rhymes: -ara
    • Syllabification: a‧ca‧ra

    Noun

    acara (plural acara-acara)

    1. agenda
      Synonym: agenda
    2. program (of television, radio, etc.)
      Synonym: programa
    3. event
      Synonym: kegiatan
    4. (law) court examination
      Synonym: perkara
    5. archaic form of cara
    6. subject, theme

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    Derived terms

    Affixations
    • beracara
    • kepengacaraan
    • mengacara
    • mengacarakan
    • pengacara (lawyer)
    • seacara
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    Javanese

    Romanization

    acara

    1. romanization of ꦲꦕꦫ

    Malay

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to move; to turn (around)).

    • The sense of procedure (law) is a semantic loan from Indonesian acara (court examination).

    Pronunciation

    • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃarə/ [aˈt͡ʃa.rə]
      • Rhymes: -arə
    • (Baku) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃara/ [aˈt͡ʃa.ra]
      • Rhymes: -ara
    • Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ra

    Noun

    acara (Jawi spelling اچارا, plural acara-acara)

    1. agenda
    2. program
    3. event (occurrence of social or personal importance)
    4. (law, dated) procedure
      Synonym: prosedur
      Kanun Acara JenayahCriminal Procedural Code

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