malam elaela

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.lam ˌe.la.ˈe.la]

Noun

malam elaela

1. the night of Laylatul Qadr
2. the Ternatean celebration held that night, in which bamboo (originally banana-stem) torches are lit after tarawih and burned throughout the night

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill