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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Malay calak, from Persian چالاک (čâlâk).[1]
Adjective
calak
- talkative: tending to talk a lot.
- Synonym: pandai bicara
- naggy
- Synonyms: banyak bicara, bawel
- good, beautiful, nice
- Synonyms: bagus, cakap, elok
- outstanding
- Synonym: cemerlang
Etymology 2
From Minangkabau .
Noun
calak (plural calak-calak, first-person possessive calakku, second-person possessive calakmu, third-person possessive calaknya)
- grindstone, whetstone
Derived terms
References
- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
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