menara

See also: menará and menarà

Iban

Etymology

From Malay menara, from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnara/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: me‧na‧ra

Noun

menara

1. tower

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay menara, from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra). Doublet of menorah and minaret.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈnara/ [məˈna.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: me‧na‧ra

Noun

mênara (plural menara-menara)

1. tower

Compounds

• menara air
• menara anemometer
• menara api
• menara bor
• menara derek
• menara dingin
• menara gading
• menara komando
• menara lonceng
• menara pendingin
• menara suar

Further reading

• “menara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnarə/
• Hyphenation: mê‧na‧ra
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

menara (Jawi spelling منارا, plural menara-menara or menara²)

1. tower

Further reading

• "menara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Spanish

Verb

menara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of menar