kerabat
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay kerabat, from Arabic أَقْرَب (ʔaqrab).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -at
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˈrabat/ [kəˈra.bat̪̚]
- Rhymes: -abat
- Syllabification: ke‧ra‧bat
Noun
kêrabat (plural kerabat-kerabat)
- family
- Synonym: keluarga
- relative; kinsmen; consanguine
- Synonym: sanak
- (geology) suite
- (sociology) kinship
- Synonyms: kekerabatan, persanakan
Adjective
kêrabat (comparative lebih kerabat, superlative paling kerabat)
Derived terms
- kerabat dekat
- kerabat jauh
Further reading
- “kerabat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.