# citra
## English
### Noun

citra (uncountable)
* Alternative form of chitra (“Indian art genre”)

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* tjitra (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

### Etymology

From Malay citra (“image”), from Sanskrit चित्र (citrá, “picture”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃɪt̚ra], /t͡ʃit.ra/ (formal)
* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃitra], /t͡ʃi.tra/ (colloquial)
* Hyphenation: cit‧ra (formal)
* Hyphenation: ci‧tra (colloquial)

### Noun

citra (plural citra-citra)
* image; picture; visualization
    Synonyms: rupa, gambar, gambaran
** (management) people's perception towards a person, company, organization or product
** (literary) mental or visual effect created by a word, phrase or sentence that has the basic elements of prose and poetry
** (forestry) data or information from aerial photographs used as evaluation materials

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* citraan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* mencitrakan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* pencitraan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)

#### Related terms

* panitera

### Further reading

* “citra” 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

citra
* Romanization of ꦕꦶꦠꦿ

## Latin
### Etymology

citer +‎ -ā (adverb)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈki.traː/, [ˈkɪt̪räː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.tra/, [ˈt͡ʃiːt̪rä]
* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkit.raː/, [ˈkɪt̪räː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃit.ra/, [ˈt͡ʃit̪rä]

### Adjective

citra
* inflection of citer:
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
** nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular

### Adverb

citrā (not comparable)
* on this side
    Synonym: hinc
    Antonyms: ultrā, ultrō

### Preposition

citrā (+ accusative)
* (of location) on this side of, before, under
* (of location) without, apart from

### References

* “citra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* citra in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* “citra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* citra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्र (citrá, “picture”).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /t͡ʃit.rə/, /t͡ʃi.trə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /t͡ʃit.ra/, /t͡ʃi.tra/
* Rhymes: -rə
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

citra (Jawi spelling چيترا, plural citra-citra, informal 1st possessive citraku, 2nd possessive citramu, 3rd possessive citranya)
* (dated) picture
    Synonym: gambar
* (dated) drawing
    Synonym: lukisan
* (dated) sculpture
    Synonyms: arca, patung
* image or perception towards a person, object, or organization
** 2019 June 16, Amin Senin, “Memugar jiwa pendidik, asah gaya fikir [Renewing the soul of an educator, sharpening the method of thinking]”, in Berita Harian‎, archived from the original on 12 November 2019:Citra seorang guru selalu dinilai berdasarkan keberkesanan dan kecekapan mereka melaksanakan peranan dan tanggungjawab keguruan.The image of a teacher is often evaluated based on the effectiveness and efficiency of the teacher to execute the role and responsibilities of teaching.

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* bercitra [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* citraan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* kecitraan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
* percitraan [causative passive + repetition / reciprocity] (peR- + -an)

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: citra (inherited)

### Further reading

* “citra” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* "citra" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “picture”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃi.tra/
* Rhymes: -tra
* Homophone: citrā
* Hyphenation: ci‧tra

### Noun

citra
* painting, picture, sketch
* letter

### Adjective

citra
* variegated, many-coloured, bright-coloured
* extraordinary

### Derived terms

* acicitra
* acitra
* cicitran
* cinitra

### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦕꦶꦠꦿ (citra) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "citra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sîtra/

### Noun

cȉtra f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏тра)
* zither