surat

surat (plural surats)

1. Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”).

• Rutas, ratus, Sutra, taurs, UARTs, Astur-, sūtra, USART, Sūtra, Astur, sutra

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

• Hyphenation: su‧rat
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾat/ [ˈsu.ɾat]

súrat

1. a letter; a mail; a correspondence

   Synonym: koreyo

2. a written message

   Synonym: mensahe

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [suˈɾat]
• Rhymes: -at

surat (feminine surada, masculine plural surats, feminine plural surades)

1. past participle of surar

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾat/ [ˈsu.ɾɐt]
• Rhymes: -uɾat
• Syllabification: su‧rat

surat (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜳᜮᜦ᜴)

1. writing; letter (especially on bamboo)
2. letter; character of the Hanunoo script

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 256

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsurat/ [ˈsu.rat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -urat
• Syllabification: su‧rat

From Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”). Compare Tagalog sulat.

surat (plural surat-surat)

1. document (original or official paper)

   Synonyms: dokumen, sahifah

2. letter (written message)
3. writing

   Synonym: tulisan

4. inscription

   Synonym: prasasti

5. certificate

   Synonyms: sertifikat, sijil

6. card

   Synonym: kartu

• → Tetum: surat

surat (plural surat-surat)

1. (Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”)

• “surat” 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.

• ratus, turas

surat

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *surat, from (West) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”), unrelated to Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“wound”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsurat/ [ˈsu.rat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at
• Hyphenation: su‧rat

surat (Jawi spelling سورت, plural surat-surat)

1. document (original or official paper)

   Synonyms: dokumen, sahifah

2. letter (written message)
3. writing

   Synonym: tulisan

• > Indonesian: surat (inherited)
  • → Tetum: surat
• → Bikol Central: surat
• → Hanunoo: surat
• → Malagasy: soratra
• → Tagalog: sulat
• → Ternate: surat

• ratus, turas

Borrowed from Old Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

surat

1. letter (written message)

surat

1. supine of sura

• rusat, rusta, rutas

Borrowed from Malay surat,^[1] from Proto-Malayic *surat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ɾat]

surat

1. a letter (written message)

Borrowed from Indonesian surat.

surat

1. letter (written message)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورت, borrowed from Classical Persian صُورَت (sūrat), borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra). Doublet of suret.

surat (definite accusative suratı, plural suratlar)

1. face

   Synonym: yüz

2. surliness

   Bir daha bu suratla misafirleri karşıladığını görmeyeyim!

   You better not greet our guests with that surliness again!

• “surat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

surat (definite accusative suraty, plural suratlar)

1. picture, photo, image

• “surat” in Enedilim.com
• “surat” in Webonary.org

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra). Compare Turkish surat.

surat (plural suratlar)

1. picture, drawing
2. photograph
3. looks, appearance
4. numerator

surat

1. to write