prah

prah

1. (Alak) sky

• brah (Harak)

• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

From Dutch vracht (“freight, mass”), from Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *aihtiz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprah]
• Hyphenation: prah

prah (plural prah-prah)

1. alternative spelling of prahoto
2. (colloquial) freight, goods or items in transport

   Synonym: muatan

• “prah” 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.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ

• IPA^(key): /prâːx/

prȃh m inan (Cyrillic spelling пра̑х)

1. (uncountable) powder

• “prah”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

prah (Cyrillic spelling прах)

1. first-person singular imperfect past of prati

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ.

• IPA^(key): [prax]
• Homophone: prach

prah m inan (relational adjective prahový)

1. threshold

• “prah”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ

• IPA^(key): /práːx/
• Rhymes: -aːx
• Hyphenation: prah

prȃh m inan

1. (uncountable) dust (fine, dry particles)

   Synonyms: prahec, prašek, prašina

2. powder

   Synonyms: prašek, štupa

• omesti
• prh
• pršeti

• “prah”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “prah”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references