barah

Borrowed from Old Javanese barah (“leprous ulcer”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”). Doublet of baah.

• IPA^(key): /ba.rah/
• Rhymes: -arah
• Hyphenation: ba‧rah

barah (Balinese script ᬩᬭᬄ)

1. swollen

• “barah” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *barah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq.

barah

1. wounded

• Scott, N. C. (1956), A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎^[1], School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbarah/ [ˈba.rah]
• Rhymes: -arah
• Syllabification: ba‧rah

Inherited from Malay barah, from Proto-Malayic *barah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

barah (plural barah-barah)

1. tumor

   Synonym: tumor

2. abscess, boil, pustule

   Synonyms: abses, bisul

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

barah (plural barah-barah)

1. shell throwing game

• “barah” 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.

barah

1. romanization of ꦧꦫꦃ

From Proto-Malayic *barah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbarah/ [ˈba.rah]

barah (Jawi spelling باره, plural barah-barah)

1. (chiefly Riau, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore) cancer

   Synonym: kanser

   Synonym: (Indonesian) kanker

   • 2020 November 22, Nooratini Haji Abas, “Penyakit kardiovaskular semakin meningkat dalam golongan muda”, in Pelita Brunei:

     Penyakit kardiovaskular di Negara Brunei Darussalam kekal sebagai penyebab kedua tertinggi selepas barah, di mana ia menyumbang hampir 25 peratus kematian pada tahun 2018.

     Cardiovascular disease in Brunei Darussalam remains the second highest cause (of death) after cancer, where it accounted for nearly 25 percent of deaths in 2018.

   • 2023 January 18, Farid Hamzah, “Pusat barah bersepadu baru di Hospital Mount Alvernia”, in Berita Harian (Singapore):

     Sebuah pusat barah bersepadu baru, yang dijangka dapat menyediakan rawatan bagi sekitar 1,800 pesakit setahun pada masa akan datang, telah dilancarkan di Hospital Mount Alvernia.

     A new integrated cancer centre, which is expected to provide treatment for around 1,800 patients a year in the future, has been launched at Mount Alvernia Hospital.

2. abscess, carbuncle, pustule, boil

   Synonyms: abses, bisul, bengkak, kebengkakan

3. (obsolete) inflammation

   Synonyms: radang, keradangan

4. (obsolete) tumor

   Synonyms: ketumbuhan, tumor

• Indonesian: barah

• Kamus Melayu Deli-Indonesia, Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, page 14
• Kamus Melayu Sumatera Utara-Indonesia, Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 37
• Kamus Bahasa Indonesia-Melayu Riau, Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1997, →ISBN, page 418
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “باره barah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 42
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “باره barah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 80
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “barah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 85

• “barah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *barah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq.

barah

1. abscess

• Tjia, J. (2007), A grammar of Mualang: an Ibanic language of West Kalimantan, Indonesia‎^[2], LOT dissertation series, Utrecht: LOT, page 410

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

• IPA^(key): /ba.rah/
• Rhymes: -rah
• Hyphenation: ba‧rah

barah

1. leprous ulcer

• Javanese: ꦧꦫꦃ (barah)
• → Balinese: ᬩᬭᬄ (barah)

• "barah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.