Where does “tirah baring” come from?

tirah baring (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian baring, from Malay baring — to lie down.

tirah baring (Indonesian): bedrest

Definitions

  1. bedrest

Ancestry of “tirah baring”, step by step

tirah baring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian baring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbaringto lie down, to lie back
2Malaybaringto lie down

via Indonesian tirah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantirah—
Every word from Malay baring →Every word from Indonesian baring →