# utara
## Ainu
### Alternative forms

* (apocopic) utar
* (Kana spelling, apocopic) ウタㇻ

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ùꜛtáɾá/

### Noun

utara (Kana spelling ウタラ)
* plural of kuru; persons, people
    tan utara ― these people

## Balinese
### Romanization

utara
* Romanization of ᬉᬢ᭄ᬢᬭ

## Iban
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay utara, from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /utara/

### Noun

utara
* north (compass point)

### Adjective

utara
* north (of or pertaining to the north)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay utara, from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /uˈtara/ [uˈt̪a.ra]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ara
* Syllabification: u‧ta‧ra

### Noun

utara (plural utara-utara)
* north (compass point)

### Adjective

utara
* north (of or pertaining to the north)
* north (toward the north)
* north (meteorology: of wind, from the north)

### Stem

utara
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#### Derived terms

* mengutarakan
* pengutaraan

### See also

compass points: mata angin:
| barat laut | utara | timur laut |
| barat | | timur |
| barat daya | selatan | tenggara |

### Further reading

* “utara” 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

utara
* Romanization of ꦲꦸꦠꦫ

## Karo Batak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

### Noun

utara
* north, one of compass points

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| mangabia | utara | irisen |
| pustima | | purba |
| nariti | daksina | aguni |

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay utara, from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara). Compare Maranao otara.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ʔuˈtaɾa/ [ʔuˈʈa.ɽʌ]
* Rhymes: -aɾa
* Syllabification: u‧ta‧ra

### Noun

utara (Jawi spelling اُتَاْرَ)
* north

### See also

compass points:
| utara sa taguru | utara | utara endu |
| sedepan | | sebangan |
| baratdaya | masarik salatan timul | timur |

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* utară (1924-1972)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara). Displaced native Malay laut from Proto-Malayic *laut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /utarə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /utara/
* Rhymes: -arə, -rə, -ə
* Hyphenation: uta‧ra

### Noun

utara (Jawi spelling اوتارا or اتارا or اوتار or اوترا, plural utara-utara, informal 1st possessive utaraku, 2nd possessive utaramu, 3rd possessive utaranya)
* north (compass point)

#### Coordinate terms

compass points (Latin script/Rumi): mata angin:
| barat laut | utara | timur laut |
| barat | | timur |
| barat daya | selatan | tenggara |

### Adjective

utara
* north (of or pertaining to the north)
* north (toward the north)
* north (meteorology: of wind, from the north)

#### Derived terms

* angin utara
* bintang utara
* musim utara
* utara barat laut
* utara semata timur
* utara timur laut

### Descendants

* → Indonesian: utara

### References

* "utara" in Kamus Dewan, Third Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 1996.
* "ūtāra" in A Dictionary of the Malayan Language, in Two Parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan, William Marsden, Cox and Baylis, 1812, page 21.
* "utara" in A Malay-English Dictionary, Richard James Wilkinson, Kelly & Walsh Limited, 1901-1903, page 2.

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara).

### Noun

utara
* north, one of compass points

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| manabia | utara | irisanna |
| pastima hasundutan | | purba habinsaran |
| nariti | dangsina | anggoni |