kadru

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कद्रु (kadru, “tawny colour”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.dru/
• Rhymes: -dru
• Hyphenation: kad‧ru

Noun

kadru (plural kadru-kadru, first-person possessive kadruku, second-person possessive kadrumu, third-person possessive kadrunya)

1. chestnut A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.

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Further reading

• “kadru” 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.
• Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia