darat

See also: dårat and darāt

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat

1. land (part of Earth that is not covered by bodies of water)

   Antonyms: aing, laut

Derived terms

• lauk darat (“freshwater fish”)

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”). Cognate with Tagalog dagat (“sea”), Cebuano dagat, Kapampangan dayat, Pangasinan dayat, Tausug dagat, Malay darat (“dry land”), and Tetum raat (“seashore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾat/ [ˈdɐ.ɾat]
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat

1. sand

Derived terms

• kadaratan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay darat, from Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.rat/, [ˈda.rat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: da‧rat

Noun

darat (first-person possessive daratku, second-person possessive daratmu, third-person possessive daratnya)

1. ground
2. land

Derived terms

• angin darat
• angkatan darat
• awak darat
• berjalan darat
• buaya darat
• darat darau
• darau darat
• dok darat
• ikan darat
• jalan darat
• kangkung darat
• kopi darat
• lintah darat
• mabuk darat
• melintah darat
• merbau darat
• naik darat
• pawang darat
• pelabuhan darat
• pengeboran darat
• rambu darat
• ranjau darat
• tanah darat

 

Further reading

• “darat” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *darat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /darat/
• Rhymes: -arat, -rat, -at

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, plural darat-darat, informal 1st possessive daratku, 2nd possessive daratmu, 3rd possessive daratnya)

1. land (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

Verb

darat (Jawi spelling دارت, used in the form mendarat)

1. to land (to descend to a surface, especially from the air)
2. to land (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water)
3. one part of land owned and controlled by one or more persons that have no bodies of water

Further reading

• “darat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Romanization

darat

1. Romanization of ᮓᮛᮒ᮪