Bahasa Melayu

huruf

Bahasa Melayu

English

capital letters, uppercase letters

A letter written in the larger form used at the start of a sentence or for names.

حروف

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Namanya ditulis dengan huruf besar.

    His name is written with capital letters.

  2. Ayat pertama mesti bermula dengan huruf besar.

    The first sentence must begin with a capital letter.

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huruf besar

Also called block letters in some contexts.

Word family

Common derived forms

berhuruf
written in letters

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.