# benar
## English
### Adjective

benar
* (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) comparative form of bene: more bene
** 1611, Thomas Middleton, The Roaring Girle‎:A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.[paraphrase] A pot of good wine, / In a pub of London, / Is better than a cloak, / Meat, bread, milk, or porridge, / Which we steal in the countryside.

#### Synonyms

* better

### Anagrams

* Baren, baren, Abner, reban, Arneb, NBAer, Barne, Béarn, Beran, barne, Naber, brane

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay benar, from Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /bəˈnar/ [bəˈnar]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ar
* Syllabification: be‧nar

### Adverb

bênar
* (dialectal) very
    Synonyms: amat, sangat, sungguh
    Antonym: kurang

### Adjective

bênar
* true
* right, correct
    Synonym: betul
    bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benargood and correct Indonesian
* valid
    Synonyms: sah, valid

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* benar-benar [reduplication] (redup)
* berbenar [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* membenar [agent focus] (meN-)
* membenari [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* membenarkan (“to validate”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* terbenar [agentless action] (teR-)
* benaran [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* pembenaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* memerbenar [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
* kebenaran (“truth”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* sebenarnya (“in fact”)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bener”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “benar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bənər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bənər.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bə.na(r)/
* Rhymes: -ar

### Adverb

benar (Jawi spelling بنر)
* very
    Merah benar jambu air ini.This rose apple is very red.

#### Synonyms

* amat, sangat, sungguh

#### Antonyms

* kurang

### Adjective

benar (Jawi spelling بنر)
* true
* right, correct
* valid

#### Synonyms

* (right, correct): betul, tepat
* (valid): sah

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “right, correct”): salah (“wrong”)

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* benar-benar [reduplication] (redup)
* berbenar [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* membenar [agent focus] (meN-)
* membenari [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
* membenarkan (“to validate; to allow”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* memerbenar [causative passive + agent focus] (peR- + meN-)
* kebenaran (“truth”) [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
* pembenaran [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* sebenarnya
* ketidakbenaran

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: benar
* → Maranao: benar
* → Tausug: bunnal

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bener”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* "benar" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “benar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maranao
### Adjective

benar
* true

## Old Irish
### Verb

benar
* inflection of benaid:
** third-person singular present indicative passive relative
** third-person singular imperative passive

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Swedish
### Verb

benar
* present indicative of bena

### Anagrams

* baren