drebar
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English driver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dre.ba(r)/
- Rhymes: -ebar, -bar, -ar
Noun
drebar (Jawi spelling دريبر, plural drebar-drebar, informal 1st possessive drebarku, impolite 2nd possessive drebarmu, 3rd possessive drebarnya)
- driver
- 1986 May 10, “Dua beradik bersalah cederakan drebar teksi”, in Berita Harian, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, OCLC 53812840, page 12:
- Dua beradik bersalah cederakan drebar teksi
- Two siblings guilty of injuring taxi driver
- Synonym: pemandu (formal)
Further reading
- “drebar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "drebar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.