zarah
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay zarah, from Classical Malay ضاررح (dharrah), ذرح (dzarah), ذره (zarah), زررح (zarrah), from Arabic ذَرَّة (ḏarra, “tiny particle, speck, mote”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈzarah/ [ˈza.rah]
- Rhymes: -arah
- Syllabification: za‧rah
Noun
zarah (plural zarah-zarah)
- tiny particle, speck
- (biology, ecology, physics, uncommon) particle
- Synonym: partikel
- (uncommon) atom
- Synonym: atom
Alternative forms
- zarrah (nonstandard)
Derived terms
- menzarah
- sezarah
- zarah awan
- zarah bebas
- zarah identik
- zarah ribosom
- zarah teras
Further reading
- “zarah” 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.
Sumerian
Romanization
zarah
- romanization of 𒊕𒉺𒆸 (zaraḫ)