gerah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).

Noun

gerah (plural gerahs)

1. (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
   • New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13

     Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

   • New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

     Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

Anagrams

• Hager

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦼꦫꦃ (gerah, “ill, sick”), from Old Javanese gĕrah, grah (“weak, powerless; painful; hot”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rah, *ruh, *ruəh, *ruuh, *rəh (“to fall, be shed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈrah/
• Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: gê‧rah

Adjective

gêrah

1. hot

   Synonym: palak

Derived terms

• kegerahan

 

Further reading

• “gerah” 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

gerah

1. Romanization of ꦒꦼꦫꦃ

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جراح (cerrâh), from Arabic جَرَّاح (jarrāḥ).

Noun

gerah m (plural gerahi)

1. surgeon

Further reading

• gerah in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)