kahar
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkahar/
- Rhymes: -har, -ar, -r
- Hyphenation: ka‧har
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦲꦂ (kahar), from Dutch kar (“cart”), from Middle Dutch carre, from Latin carrus or the mediaeval variant carra, from Gaulish carros.
Noun
kahar (plural kahar-kahar, first-person possessive kaharku, second-person possessive kaharmu, third-person possessive kaharnya)
- cart
- Synonyms: delman, dokar, pedati
Etymology 2
Inherited from Malay kahar, کاهر, from Arabic قاهر (qahhār).
Adjective
kahar
- almighty
- Synonym: mahakuasa
- despotic, tyrannical.
- Synonym: sewenang-wenang
Derived terms
- keadaan kahar
Further reading
- “kahar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.