alaf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay alaf, from Classical Malay الاف‎ (alaf), from Arabic آلَاف‎ (ʾālāf, “thousand”), plural form of أَلْف‎ (ʾalf).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa.laf]
Hyphenation: a‧laf

Numeral

alaf

(dated) thousand.
Synonym: ribu
(rare) millennium.

Further reading

“alaf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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