gerah

gerah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּרָה‎ (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

Noun

gerah (plural gerahs)

1. (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
   • New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13

     Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

   • New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

     Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

Anagrams

• Hager

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah, “ill, sick”), from Old Javanese gĕrah, grah (“weak, powerless; painful; hot”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rah, *ruh, *ruəh, *ruuh, *rəh (“to fall, be shed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.ˈrah/
• Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: gê‧rah

Adjective

gêrah

1. hot

   Synonym: palak

Derived terms

• kegerahan

 

Further reading

• “gerah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Javanese

Romanization

gerah

1. Romanization of ꦒꦼꦫꦃ