gairah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ghairah, gairah, from Classical Malay غيرە (ghairah), غيرە (gairah), from Arabic غَيْرَة (ḡayra, “jealously, zeal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡai̯rah]
Hyphenation: gai‧rah
Rhymes: -rah, -ah, -h

Noun

gairah (first-person possessive gairahku, second-person possessive gairahmu, third-person possessive gairahnya)

passion, strong desire

Alternative forms

girah
ghairah (Standard Malay)

Synonyms

hasrat

Derived terms

bergairah
kegairahan
menggairahkan
segairah

Further reading

“gairah” 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.

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