kertas

Indonesian

Etymology

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Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Aramaic קַרְטִיסָא / ܩܲܪܛܝܼܣܵܐ (qarṭīsā)bor.

Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās)bor.

Malay kertas

Indonesian kertas

From Malay kertas, from Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of kardus, kartel, karton, kartu, and katrij.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kərˈtas/ [kərˈt̪as]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ker‧tas

Noun

kêrtas (plural kertas-kertas)

1. paper

Derived terms

• kertas ampelas
• kertas aspal
• kertas berharga
• kertas bungkus
• kertas dinding
• kertas embos
• kertas embun
• kertas gambar
• kertas isap
• kertas jamban
• kertas jernih
• kertas kabar
• kertas kado
• kertas karbon
• kertas kedap lemak
• kertas kembang
• kertas kerja
• kertas koran
• kertas lap
• kertas lilin
• kertas manila
• kertas merang
• kertas minyak
• kertas oles
• kertas penapis
• kertas penetap
• kertas rokok
• kertas sampul
• kertas samson
• kertas sap
• kertas saring
• kertas satin
• kertas segel
• kertas seloidin
• kertas serap
• kertas skor
• kertas tekap
• kertas telur
• kertas tisu
• kertas toilet
• kertas toni
• kertas tulis

Related terms

• kartu

Further reading

• “kertas”, 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

Javanese

Etymology

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Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Aramaic קַרְטִיסָא / ܩܲܪܛܝܼܣܵܐ (qarṭīsā)bor.

Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās)bor.

Malay kertasbor.

Javanese kertas

Borrowed from Malay kertas, from Arabic قَرْطَاس (qarṭās), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kər.tas/
• Rhymes: -tas
• Hyphenation: ker‧tas

Noun

kertas (Carakan spelling ꦏꦼꦂꦠꦱ꧀)

1. paper

   Synonyms: dluwang (ngoko), dlancang (krama)

Derived terms

• kertas jenangan

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “kertas”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Aramaic קַרְטִיסָא / ܩܲܪܛܝܼܣܵܐ (qarṭīsā)bor.

Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās)bor.

Malay kertas

Borrowed from Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs). Doublet of carta and kad.

• Semantic loan from English paper for a set of examination questions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkə(r)tas/ [ˈkə(r).t̪as]
• Rhymes: -tas, -as
• Hyphenation: ker‧tas

Noun

kertas (Jawi spelling کرتس, plural kertas-kertas or kertas²)

1. A paper:
   1. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
   2. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, education) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
2. (obsolete) A card for gambling.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kertas-mengertas

Compounds

• bunga kertas
• harimau kertas
• kertas akhbar
• kertas bunga, kertas krep
• kertas bungkus, kertas pembungkus
• kertas dinding
• kertas emas
• kertas embun
• kertas empelas
• kertas graf
• kertas jeluang
• kertas karbon
• kertas kerja
• kertas khabar
• kertas kulit
• kertas lilin
• kertas litmus
• kertas lukis
• kertas minyak, kertas telur
• kertas pendua
• kertas peperiksaan
• kertas positif
• kertas putih
• kertas rokok
• kertas saring, kertas turas
• kertas surih
• kertas taip
• kertas tisu
• kertas tulis
• kertas undi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kertas (inherited)
• → Javanese: kertas
• → Khmer: ក្រដាស (krɑdaah)
• → Tausug: kātas
• → Ternate: kartas

Interjection

kertas (Jawi spelling کرتس)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of paper being crumpled.

Further reading

• "kertas" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kertas" at PRPM first version)