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akar

Pronunciation: /ˈakar/

“akar” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the part of a plant
  2. the part of a tooth
  3. the part of a hair
  4. root, origin, the primary source
  5. of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  6. the primary lexical unit of a word
  7. root a person who manages accounts on a UNIX system

Etymology

Inherited from Malay akar, from Proto-Malayic *akar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ. Semantic loan from Dutch wortel (“(square) root”, literally “root”).

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