Roah

Betawi

Alternative forms

  • Rowah (spelling variant)
  • Roè, Rowè (Urban Jakarta)

Etymology

From Arabic أَرْوَاح (ʔarwāḥ, “spirits”), perhaps via Sundanese Rewah or Javanese Ruwah (“Sha'ban”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔah/, [rɔˈah]
  • (Urban Jakarta) IPA(key): [rɔˈɛ]
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: Ro‧ah

Proper noun

Roah (Arab Gundul spelling رواح)

  1. Sha'ban (the eighth month of the Islamic calendar)

Derived terms

Affixed forms
  • meroahan
  • roahan

See also

Islamic calendar months: bulan almenak Selamedit
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