timur

Indonesian

/timʊr/

noun
Definitions
  • East, one of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as T.

Etymology

Inherited from Malay timur (east) inherited from Proto-Malayic *timur inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ inherited from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*timuʀ

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