Etymology

lahar

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Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ
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  1. Javanese · borrowed fromꦭꦲꦂ
  2. English todaylahar

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar). Introduced as geological term by Berend George Escher in 1922.

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