acara
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese acará, borrowed from Old Tupi akará, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akara.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːkəˈɹɑː/
Noun
acara (plural acaras)
- Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.
Derived terms
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Balinese
Etymology
From Old Javanese ācāra, from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra).
Noun
acara (Balinese script ᬆᬘᬵᬭ)
Further reading
- “acara” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay acara, from Classical Malay اچارا (acara), from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of acaram and ajar.
- The sense of court examination is a learned borrowing from Old Javanese ācāra (“custom, practice”) as a semantic loan from Dutch proces (“trial court”, literally “process, procedure”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃara/ [aˈt͡ʃa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: a‧ca‧ra
Noun
acara (plural acara-acara)
- agenda
- Synonym: agenda
- program (of television, radio, etc.)
- Synonym: programa
- event
- Synonym: kegiatan
- (law) court examination
- Synonym: perkara
- archaic form of cara
- subject, theme
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Affixations
- beracara
- kepengacaraan
- mengacara
- mengacarakan
- pengacara (“lawyer”)
- seacara
Compounds
- acara besar
- acara iklan
- acara niaga
- acara pembukaan
- acara pokok
- acara rapat
- acara surat
- acara tugas
- acara utama
- berita acara
- hukum acara
Further reading
- “acara”, 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
Javanese
Romanization
acara
- romanization of ꦲꦕꦫ
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra), from the root चर् (car), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
- The sense of procedure (law) is a semantic loan from Indonesian acara (“court examination”).
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃarə/ [aˈt͡ʃa.rə]
- Rhymes: -arə
- (Baku) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃara/ [aˈt͡ʃa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ra
Noun
acara (Jawi spelling اچارا, plural acara-acara)
- agenda
- program
- event (occurrence of social or personal importance)
- (law, dated) procedure
- Synonym: prosedur
- Kanun Acara Jenayah ― Criminal Procedural Code
Derived terms
Further reading
- “acara”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017