prahara

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦲꦫ (prahara, “storm; typhoon”), from Old Javanese prahāra (“stroke, blow, knock, gust, squall”), from Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, “attack, hit”).

• IPA^(key): [praˈhara]
• Hyphenation: pra‧ha‧ra

prahara

1. (Java) storm; typhoon

   Synonyms: angin ribut, badai, topan

2. (figurative) destructive event

• “prahara”, 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

From Javanese prahara (ꦥꦿꦲꦫ, “storm; typhoon”), from Old Javanese prahāra (“stroke, blow, knock, gust, squall”), from Sanskrit प्रहार (prahāra, “attack, hit”).

prahara (Jawi spelling ڤراهارا, plural prahara-prahara)

1. storm; typhoon

• Indonesian: prahara

• “prahara”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017