cerita

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • tjerita (pre-1972)

Etymology

From Malay cerita (story), from Classical Malay cetera (story), from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, course of life).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.ri.ta/
  • Hyphenation: cê‧ri‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a

Noun

cêrita

  1. story

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita, course of life). Compare Tagalog salita (declaration). Doublet of cetera and ceritera.

Noun

cerita (Jawi spelling چريتا, plural cerita-cerita, informal 1st possessive ceritaku, 2nd possessive ceritamu, 3rd possessive ceritanya)

  1. story

Derived terms

References

  • Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

cerita f (plural ceritas) (Brazilian spelling)

  1. (mineralogy) cerite
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