surat

See also: Surat and sürat

English

Noun

surat (plural surats)

1. Alternative form of sura (“A chapter of the Qur'an”)

Anagrams

• Rutas, ratus, Sutra, taurs, UARTs, Astur-, sūtra, USART, Sūtra, Astur, sutra

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧rat
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾat/ [ˈsu.ɾat]

Noun

súrat

1. a letter; a mail; a correspondence

   Synonym: koreyo

2. a written message

   Synonym: mensahe

Derived terms

• isurat
• kagsurat
• magsurat
• parasurat
• suraton

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [suˈɾat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

surat (feminine surada, masculine plural surats, feminine plural surades)

1. past participle of surar

Hanunoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾat/ [ˈsu.ɾɐt]
• Rhymes: -uɾat
• Syllabification: su‧rat

Noun

surat (Hanunoo spelling ᜰᜳᜮᜦ᜴)

1. writing; letter (especially on bamboo)
2. letter; character of the Hanunoo script

Derived terms

• sumurat

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 256

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsurat/ [ˈsu.rat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -urat
• Syllabification: su‧rat

Etymology 1

From Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Noun

surat (plural surat-surat)

1. document (original or official paper)

   Synonyms: dokumen, sahifah

2. letter (written message)
3. writing

   Synonym: tulisan

4. inscription

   Synonym: prasasti

5. certificate

   Synonyms: sertifikat, sijil

6. card

   Synonym: kartu

Derived terms

• bersurat
• ketersuratan
• menyurat
• menyurati
• menyuratkan
• persuratan
• surat-menyurat
• suratan
• tersurat
• tersuratkan

Compounds

• surat angkatan
• surat anonim
• surat antisipasi obligasi
• surat bahari
• surat berantai
• surat berharga
• surat buta
• surat cerai
• surat cinta
• surat dakwaan
• surat dinas
• surat edaran
• surat elektronik
• surat gadai
• surat gelap
• surat hibah
• surat ijazah
• surat isian
• surat izin
• surat jalan
• surat jaminan
• surat jawatan
• surat kabar
• surat kaleng
• surat kawat
• surat kawin
• surat kelahiran
• surat kematian
• surat kepemilikan
• surat kepercayaan
• surat keterangan
• surat kilat
• surat kuasa
• surat lahir
• surat lamaran kerja
• surat lepas
• surat mati
• surat mentega
• surat mualim
• surat muatan
• surat niaga
• surat nikah
• surat pajak
• surat paksa
• surat pas
• surat pembaca
• surat pemberitahuan
• surat pemilih
• surat pengangkatan
• surat pengantar
• surat pengenal
• surat peringatan
• surat perintah
• surat permintaan
• surat permohonan
• surat pribadi
• surat pujian
• surat rantai
• surat rekomendasi
• surat resmi
• surat sakti
• surat salinan
• surat sebaran
• surat segel
• surat selebaran
• surat sembah
• surat sensasi
• surat siaran
• surat sita
• surat somasi
• surat suara
• surat talak
• surat tanda anggota
• surat tanda registrasi
• surat tempelan
• surat terbang
• surat terbuka
• surat tercatat
• surat tilang
• surat tuduhan
• surat tugas
• surat ukur
• surat uleman
• surat undangan
• surat undian
• surat usiran
• surat utang
• surat warisan
• surat wasiat

Descendants

• → Tetum: surat

Etymology 2

Noun

surat (plural surat-surat)

1. (Islam) alternative form of surah (“sura”).

Further reading

• “surat” 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.

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Javanese

Romanization

surat

1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /surat/
• Rhymes: -urat, -rat, -at

Noun

surat (Jawi spelling سورت, plural surat-surat, informal 1st possessive suratku, 2nd possessive suratmu, 3rd possessive suratnya)

1. document (original or official paper)
2. letter (written message)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• surat-menyurat (“to write letters between one another”)
• surat akuan (“letter of declaration”)
• surat khabar (“newspaper”)
• sampul surat (“envelope”)

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: surat
• → Hanunoo: surat
• Indonesian: surat
  • → Tetum: surat
• → Malagasy: soratra
• → Tagalog: sulat
• → Ternate: surat

Anagrams

• ratus, turas

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

Swedish

Verb

surat

1. supine of sura

Anagrams

• rusat, rusta, rutas

Ternate

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.ɾat]

Noun

surat

1. a letter (written message)

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian surat.

Noun

surat

1. letter (written message)

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra)bor.

Classical Persian صُورَت (sūrat)bor.

Ottoman Turkish صورت

Turkish surat

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صورت, borrowed from Classical Persian صُورَت (sūrat), borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra). Doublet of suret.

Noun

surat (definite accusative suratı, plural suratlar)

1. face

   Synonym: yüz

2. surliness

   Bir daha bu suratla misafirleri karşıladığını görmeyeyim!

   You better not greet our guests with that surliness again!

Declension

Declension of surat

singular plural nominative surat suratlar definite accusative suratı suratları dative surata suratlara locative suratta suratlarda ablative surattan suratlardan genitive suratın suratların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular suratım suratlarım 2nd singular suratın suratların 3rd singular suratı suratları 1st plural suratımız suratlarımız 2nd plural suratınız suratlarınız 3rd plural suratları suratları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular suratımı suratlarımı 2nd singular suratını suratlarını 3rd singular suratını suratlarını 1st plural suratımızı suratlarımızı 2nd plural suratınızı suratlarınızı 3rd plural suratlarını suratlarını dative singular plural 1st singular suratıma suratlarıma 2nd singular suratına suratlarına 3rd singular suratına suratlarına 1st plural suratımıza suratlarımıza 2nd plural suratınıza suratlarınıza 3rd plural suratlarına suratlarına locative singular plural 1st singular suratımda suratlarımda 2nd singular suratında suratlarında 3rd singular suratında suratlarında 1st plural suratımızda suratlarımızda 2nd plural suratınızda suratlarınızda 3rd plural suratlarında suratlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular suratımdan suratlarımdan 2nd singular suratından suratlarından 3rd singular suratından suratlarından 1st plural suratımızdan suratlarımızdan 2nd plural suratınızdan suratlarınızdan 3rd plural suratlarından suratlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular suratımın suratlarımın 2nd singular suratının suratlarının 3rd singular suratının suratlarının 1st plural suratımızın suratlarımızın 2nd plural suratınızın suratlarınızın 3rd plural suratlarının suratlarının

Further reading

• “surat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra).

Noun

surat (definite accusative suraty, plural suratlar)

1. picture, photo, image

Declension

Declension of surat

	singular	plural
nominative	surat	suratlar
accusative	suraty	suratlary
genitive	suratyň	suratlaryň
dative	surata	suratlara
locative	suratda	suratlarda
ablative	suratdan	suratlardan

Further reading

• “surat” in Enedilim.com
• “surat” in Webonary.org

Uzbek

Other scripts

Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	сурат‍
Latin	surat‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صُورَة (ṣūra). Compare Turkish surat.

Noun

surat (plural suratlar)

1. picture, drawing
2. photograph
3. looks, appearance
4. numerator

Declension

Declension of surat

	singular	plural
nominative	surat	suratlar
genitive	suratning	suratlarning
dative	suratga	suratlarga
definite accusative	suratni	suratlarni
locative	suratda	suratlarda
ablative	suratdan	suratlardan
similative	suratdek	suratlardek

Possessive forms of surat

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	suratim	suratlarim
genitive	suratimning	suratlarimning
dative	suratimga	suratlarimga
definite accusative	suratimni	suratlarimni
locative	suratimda	suratlarimda
ablative	suratimdan	suratlarimdan
similative	suratimdek	suratlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	surating	suratlaring
genitive	suratingning	suratlaringning
dative	suratingga	suratlaringga
definite accusative	suratingni	suratlaringni
locative	suratingda	suratlaringda
ablative	suratingdan	suratlaringdan
similative	suratingdek	suratlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	surati	suratlari
genitive	suratining	suratlarining
dative	suratiga	suratlariga
definite accusative	suratini	suratlarini
locative	suratida	suratlarida
ablative	suratidan	suratlaridan
similative	suratidek	suratlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	suratimiz	suratlarimiz
genitive	suratimizning	suratlarimizning
dative	suratimizga	suratlarimizga
definite accusative	suratimizni	suratlarimizni
locative	suratimizda	suratlarimizda
ablative	suratimizdan	suratlarimizdan
similative	suratimizdek	suratlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	suratingiz	suratlaringiz
genitive	suratingizning	suratlaringizning
dative	suratingizga	suratlaringizga
definite accusative	suratingizni	suratlaringizni
locative	suratingizda	suratlaringizda
ablative	suratingizdan	suratlaringizdan
similative	suratingizdek	suratlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	surati	suratlari
genitive	suratining	suratlarining
dative	suratiga	suratlariga
definite accusative	suratini	suratlarini
locative	suratida	suratlarida
ablative	suratidan	suratlaridan
similative	suratidek	suratlaridek

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Verb

surat

1. to write