Where does “hari raya” come from?

hari raya (Malay) comes from Malay hari, from Proto-Malayic ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian waʀi — day; sun; to dry.

hari raya (Malay): holiday, festival

Definitions

  1. holiday, festival

Ancestry of “hari raya”, step by step

hari raya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhariday
2Proto-Malayicariday
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
4Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry

via Malay raya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrayagreat, big; big; grand
2Proto-Malayicrayabig, large
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀayabig, large
4Proto-Austronesianʀayabig, large

Words derived from “hari raya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian waʀi →
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