bramacorah
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦿꦩꦕꦺꦴꦫꦃ (bramacorah, “criminal; defendant”), from Old Javanese brama, brahma (“anger”) + corah, cora (“thief”), from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (brahman, “the Absolute”) + चोर (cora, “thief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bramaˈt͡ʃorah/
- Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h
- Hyphenation: bra‧ma‧co‧rah
Noun
bramacorah (plural bramacorah-bramacorah, first-person possessive bramacorahku, second-person possessive bramacorahmu, third-person possessive bramacorahnya)
- repeat offender
- Synonyms: penjahat kambuhan, rèsidivis
- criminal, felon, bandit
Further reading
- “bramacorah” 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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