alaf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay alaf, from Classical Malay الاف (alaf), from Arabic آلَاف (ʔālāf, “thousand”), plural form of أَلْف (ʔalf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.laf]
• Hyphenation: a‧laf

Numeral

alaf

1. (dated) thousand

   Synonym: ribu

2. (rare) millennium

Further reading

• “alaf”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016