benar

benar

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) comparative form of bene: more bene
   • 1611, Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girle‎^[1]:

     A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.

     [paraphrase] A pot of good wine, / In a pub of London, / Is better than a cloak, / Meat, bread, milk, or porridge, / Which we steal in the countryside.

• better

• Baren, baren, Abner, reban, Arneb, NBAer, Barne, Béarn, Beran, barne, Naber, brane

From Malay benar, from Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈnar/

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• Hyphenation: bê‧nar

benar

1. very

   Synonyms: amat, sangat, sungguh

   Antonym: kurang

benar

1. true
2. right, correct

   bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar

   good and correct Indonesian

3. valid

• (right, correct): betul
• (valid): sah

• (antonym(s) of “right, correct”): salah (“wrong”)

• “benar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

• IPA^(key): /bə.na(r)/
• Rhymes: -na(r), -a(r)

benar (Jawi spelling بنر)

1. very

   Merah benar jambu air ini.

   This rose apple is very red.

• amat, sangat, sungguh

• kurang

benar (Jawi spelling بنر)

1. true
2. right, correct
3. valid

• (right, correct): betul, tepat
• (valid): sah

• (antonym(s) of “right, correct”): salah (“wrong”)

• Indonesian: benar
• → Maranao: benar
• → Tausug: bunnal

• "benar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “benar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

benar

1. true

benar

1. inflection of benaid:
   1. third-person singular present indicative passive relative
   2. third-person singular imperative passive

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
benar	benar pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbenar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

benar

1. present indicative of bena

• baren