Etymology

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#MEKARCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#MEKAR mekar, from JavaneseCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Javanese#MEKAR ꦩꦼꦏꦂ (mekar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈkar/ [məˈkar]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#MEKARCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#MEKAR

• Audio:

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  Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#MEKAR
• Rhymes: -arCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ar#MEKARCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ar/2 syllables#MEKAR
• Syllabification: me‧kar

Verb

mekar (base form, active memekar, passive dimekar)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MEKARCategory:Indonesian verbs#MEKARCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MEKARCategory:Pages with entries#MEKARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MEKAR

1. to bloom; to decompose

   Synonym: kembang

   bunga itu memekar di taman yang dekat laut

   the flower blooms in a garden near a sea

   Category:Indonesian terms with usage examples#MEKAR

2. (figurative) to begin develop feelings (love, hate, etc)
3. to become wider (size, crowd, goodness, etc.)

   Synonym: lebar

   peramaian di festival bertambah memekar

   the crowd at the festival is growing

   Category:Indonesian terms with usage examples#MEKAR

4. to become big and bloated (dough)

   Synonym: kekar

   adunan rotinya memekar

   the bread dough bloated

   Category:Indonesian terms with usage examples#MEKAR

5. to form a new region by splitting of existing region and retained it as a parent region

Further reading

• “mekar”, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məkar/Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#MEKAR
• Rhymes: -arCategory:Rhymes:Malay/ar#MEKARCategory:Rhymes:Malay/ar/2 syllables#MEKAR

Verb

mekar (Jawi spelling مکر)Category:Malay lemmas#MEKARCategory:Malay verbs#MEKARCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#MEKARCategory:Pages with entries#MEKARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MEKAR

1. to bloom; to decompose (flowers)

   Synonym: kembang

   bunga itu mekar di taman berhampiran laut

   the flower blooms in a garden near the sea

   Category:Malay terms with usage examples#MEKAR

2. to develop feelings of love

   Synonym: cinta

3. to harden (doughs)

   Synonym: kekar

Further reading

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

Verb

mekarCategory:Swedish non-lemma forms#MEKARCategory:Swedish verb forms#MEKARCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MEKARCategory:Pages with entries#MEKARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#MEKAR

1. present indicative of meka