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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Medan Malay .
Noun
ancak (plural ancak-ancak)
- (dialectal) land ownership marker
Etymology 2
Compare to Etymology 1.
Noun
ancak (plural ancak-ancak)
- the land of oil palm plantation
Etymology 3
From Javanese ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀ (ancak, “woven bamboo mat”), from Old Javanese añcak, wañcak (“bamboo fence”). Compare to Etymology 4.
Noun
ancak (plural ancak-ancak)
- woven bamboo mat on which offerings to the spirits are placed
- synonym of para-para
Etymology 4
From Osing , from Old Javanese añcak, wañcak (“bamboo fence”). Compare to Etymology 3.
Noun
ancak (plural ancak-ancak)
- place or case of gamelan bar
- a tool made from wooden slats used for threshing rice
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
ancak
- Romanization of ꦲꦚ꧀ꦕꦏ꧀
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آنجق (ancak) from Proto-Oghuz (ančak, “exactly like that”) from earlier Proto-Oghuz (anča ok, “exactly like that”) emphatic form of Proto-Oghuz (anča, “like that”) equative form of Proto-Turkic *ol (“he/she/it/that”).
Also see o and anca.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ancak
- only
- Synonyms: sadece, yalnız
- Ancak senin için yapardım. ― I would do it only for you.
- at best
- Synonym: olsa olsa
Descendants
- → Northern Kurdish: ancax
Conjunction
ancak
- however, but
- Synonyms: ama, fakat, lakin, yalnız