Where does “kuburan” come from?

kuburan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kubur, from Malay kubur, from Arabic قُبُور, from Arabic قَبْر — grave, tomb.

kuburan (Indonesian): graveyard

Definitions

  1. graveyard

Ancestry of “kuburan”, step by step

kuburan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kubur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankuburgrave: an excavation in the earth as a place of...
2Malaykuburgraves, tombs; grave: an excavation in the earth...
3Arabicقُبُور
4Arabicقَبْرgrave, tomb

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan
Every word from Arabic قَبْر