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)

1. cart

   Synonyms: delman, dokar, pedati

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay kahar, کاهر, from Arabic قاهر (qahhār).

Adjective

kahar

1. almighty

   Synonym: mahakuasa

2. despotic, tyrannical.

   Synonym: sewenang-wenang

Derived terms

• keadaan kahar

 

Further reading

• “kahar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.