warkat

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /warˈkat/ [wʌɾˈkʌʰt]
  • Hyphenation: war‧kat

Noun

warkát m (plural waráakit m)

  1. paper
  2. letter

Declension

Declension of warkát
absolutive warkát
predicative warkáta
subjective warkát
genitive warkát
Postpositioned forms
l-case warkátal
k-case warkátak
t-case warkátat
h-case warkátah

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “warkat”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (August 2013) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics[1], Leiden: Leiden University

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay warkat (standard warkah), from Arabic وَرَق (waraq).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwarkat/ [ˈwar.kat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -arkat
  • Syllabification: war‧kat

Noun

warkat (plural warkat-warkat)

  1. (uncommon) letter (written message)
    Synonym: surat

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • warkat berharga
  • warkat pos

Further reading