kabur

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kaboer (pre-1947)

Etymology

Reconstructed as ke- +‎ abur, awur, inherited from Malay kabur, from Classical Malay kabur, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɓur, *ɓur (“dark, night”). Cognate of Javanese ꦏꦧꦸꦂ (kabur, “to get blown away; gone, vanished”), ꦲꦧꦸꦂ (abur, “flight through the air”), ꦏꦮꦸꦂ (kawur, “dispersed, scattered”), ꦲꦮꦸꦂ (awur, “to do haphazardly or without basis”), and Old Javanese awur (“confused, mixed up together, hard to distinguish clearly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bʊr/
• Rhymes: -bʊr, -ʊr, -r
• Hyphenation: ka‧bur

Adjective

kabur

1. Vague, ambiguous.
2. Blurred, blurry (of a vision).

Derived terms

• kekabur-kaburan
• kekaburan
• mengabur
• mengaburkan
• pengabur
• pengaburan

• kabur garam

Noun

kabur (plural kabur-kabur)

1. A haze; slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particulates.

   Synonyms: jerebu, jerubu

Verb

kabur

1. To flee, escape; to run away.

Further reading

• “kabur” 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

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈkabor/ [ˈka.bor]

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈkabur/ [ˈka.bur]

Adjective

kabur (Jawi spelling کابور)

1. ambiguous; hazy; unclear
2. blurred; blurry (of vision or photograph)

   Synonyms: samar-samar, kelam, redam

3. vague (of speech, writing)
4. not fully known; obscure

   Synonym: samar-samar

5. cloudy; overcast

   Synonym: mendung

Further reading

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