biara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay biara (“monastery”), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bi.a.ra/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧a‧ra

Noun

biara

  1. monastery
  2. (Christianity) monastery

Derived terms
  • biarawan
  • biarawati

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit विहार (vihāra).

Noun

biara (plural biara-biara, informal first-person possessive biaraku, informal second-person possessive biaramu, third-person possessive biaranya)

  1. monastery
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