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biara.

monastery: a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/biˈara/Standard-Indonesian[biˈa.ra]Standard-Indonesian
  1. monastery: a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits)

  2. monastery: a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits) monastery

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay بيارا (biara, “monastery”), from Old Malay vihāra (“monastery”), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery, academy”). Doublet of wihara.

verb/biˈara/Standard-Indonesian[biˈa.ra]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to separate each previously colored stream to make one according to the same color

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Kambera [Term?]

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