ramai

French

Verb

ramai

  1. first-person singular past historic of ramer

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ramai, from Javanese ꦫꦩꦺ (ramé, “noisy, bustling”), from Old Javanese rame, ramya (“beautiful, lovely; joyful, glad; bustling”), from Sanskrit रम्य (ramya, “pleasing”).[1] Doublet of ramah.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈramai̯/
  • Rhymes: -mai̯, -ai̯, -i
  • Hyphenation: ra‧mai

Adjective

ramai

  1. crowded
    Synonym: banyak
  2. busy.
    Synonym: sibuk
  3. noisy, exciting, lively, bustling
    Synonym: riuh
  4. heavy (traffic)
    Synonym: banyak

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • beramai-ramai
  • diramaikan
  • keramaian
  • meramaikan
  • teramai
  • ramai lancar

References
  1. Tom Hoogervorst (2017 December 31) Andrea Acri, Roger Blench, Alexandra Landmann, editor, 9. The Role of “Prakrit” in Maritime Southeast Asia through 101 Etymologies‎, ISEAS Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 375–440

Further reading

Italian

Verb

ramai

  1. first-person singular past historic of ramare

Noun

ramai m

  1. plural of ramaio

Anagrams

Malay

Pronunciation

Determiner

ramai

  1. (of people) many (denotes a crowd)

See also

Adjective

ramai (Jawi spelling راماي)

  1. busy, noisy, crowded

Usage notes
Usage notes

ramai and banyak both mean "many", but ramai is used exclusively to refer to people while banyak may be used to refer to people, animals or objects. The word ramai is almost always used in conjunction with orang ("people") as in ramai orang to draw attention to a crowd-like atmosphere associated with a gathering of many people. In contrast, banyak, when followed by orang, simply implies a big concentration of people without reference to the atmosphere therein. Note also that the word ramai, as opposed to banyak, may be preceded by orang as in orang ramai, meaning the public.

Descendants
  • Indonesian: ramai

Further reading
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