mutiara

Indonesian

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mutiara

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Etymology

From Malay mutiara, from Sanskrit मुत्यहार (mutyahāra) as मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”) +‎ हार (hāra, “garland”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /mutiˈara/ [mu.t̪iˈa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: mu‧ti‧a‧ra

Noun

mutiara (plural mutiara-mutiara)

1. pearl

Derived terms

• indung mutiara (“mother-of-pearl”)

Further reading

• “mutiara”, 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

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

mutiara

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Etymology

From Sanskrit मुत्यहार (mutyahāra) as मुत्य (mutya, “pearl”) +‎ हार (hāra, “garland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈtjara/ [muˈt̪ja.ra]
• Hyphenation: mu‧tia‧ra

Noun

mutiara (Jawi spelling موتيارا, plural mutiara-mutiara or mutiara²)

1. pearl

References

• Edi Sedyawati et al. (1994). Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini. Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia. Page 121.

Further reading

• "mutiara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017