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)

1. Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.

Derived terms

• blue acara
• zebra acara

 

Anagrams

• araca

Balinese

Romanization

acara

1. Romanization of ᬆᬘᬵᬭ.

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 (first-person possessive acaraku, second-person possessive acaramu, third-person possessive acaranya)

1. agenda

   Synonym: agenda

2. program (of television, radio, etc.)

   Synonym: programa

3. event

   Synonym: kegiatan

4. (law) court examination

   Synonym: perkara

5. archaic form of cara.
6. subject, theme

Alternative forms

• atjara (superseded)

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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

acara

1. Romanization of ꦲꦕꦫ.

Malay

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-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /at͡ʃarə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /at͡ʃara/
• Rhymes: -arə, -rə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

acara (Jawi spelling اچارا, plural acara-acara, informal 1st possessive acaraku, 2nd possessive acaramu, 3rd possessive acaranya)

1. agenda
2. program
3. event (occurrence of social or personal importance)
4. (law, dated) procedure

   Synonym: prosedur

   Kanun Acara Jenayah ― Criminal Procedural Code

Derived terms

• pengacara

Further reading

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