sohor

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic شُهُور (šuhūr) or reanalysis of masohor variant borrowing of مَشْهُور (mašhūr) thus doublet of masyhur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoho(r)/
  • Rhymes: -oho(r), -ho(r), -o(r)

Adjective

sohor (Jawi spelling سوهور)

  1. famous; popular; renowned
    Synonyms: masyhur, popular, terkenal, termasyhur

Verb

menyohor

  1. to rise in fame, to trend

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • kesohor [passive] (ke-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • Indonesian: sohor

References

  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sohor”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 4840

Further reading

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