darurat

See also: Darurat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay darurat, from Arabic ضَرُورَات (ḍarūrāt).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /daˈrurat/ [daˈru.rat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -urat
  • Syllabification: da‧ru‧rat

Noun

darurat (plural darurat-darurat)

  1. emergency (situation requiring urgent assistance)

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay darurat.

Alternative forms

  • gelorat (proscribed by KBBI)

Derived terms

  • didaruratkan
  • kedaruratan
  • mendaruratkan

Compounds

  • darurat militer
  • darurat sipil

References

  1. ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic ضَرُورَات (ḍarūrāt).

Noun

darurat (Jawi spelling ضرورة)

  1. emergency
  2. (of government) state of emergency

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian darurat.

"Darurat" is more often used for political emergencies, such as curfews and guerilla conflicts.

See also

Further reading

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