petala

See also: pétala and petală

English

Noun

petala

1. plural of petalum

Anagrams

• Platea, leap at, palate, paleta, patela

Dutch

Noun

petala

1. plural of petalum

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay petala, from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈtala/ [pəˈt̪a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pe‧ta‧la

Noun

pêtala

1. (chiefly obsolete) layer, level

   Synonyms: lapis, tingkat

Further reading

• “petala” 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [pə.ta.lə]
  • Rhymes: -lə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): [pə.ta.la]
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
• Hyphenation: pe‧ta‧la

Noun

petala (Jawi spelling ڤتالا)

1. (obsolete) layer, level

   Synonyms: lapis, susun, tingkat

2. (chemistry, physics) shell (set of atomic orbitals)

Compounds

• petala bumi
• petala elektron
• petala valens
• tujuh petala bumi
• tujuh petala langit

Descendants

• Indonesian: petala

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

petala

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of petar combined with la