cerakin

Inherited from Malay چراکين (cerakin, “a special alotted or compartmented tray used for storing medicine”), likely from Persian آ‬گين (čâre-âgin, literally “full of medicine”), see چاره (čâre, “remedy, help”).^[1]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrakin/
• Rhymes: -akin
• Syllabification: ce‧ra‧kin

cerakin (plural cerakin-cerakin, first-person possessive cerakinku, second-person possessive cerakinmu, third-person possessive cerakinnya)

1. medicine box
2. (botany) purging croton (Croton tiglium).

   Synonym: cemekian

• “cerakin” 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.

Likely from Persian آ‬گين (čâre-âgin, literally “full of medicine”), see چاره (čâre, “medicine”).^[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Sense of verb from backformation of affixed cerakinan i.e. contents inside the tray.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəˈrakin/

cerakin (Jawi spelling چراکين, plural cerakin-cerakin, informal 1st possessive cerakinku, 2nd possessive cerakinmu, 3rd possessive cerakinnya)

1. (Johor) a special alotted or compartmented tray used for storing medicine

   Synonym: pedadah

2. (analytical chemistry) assay

cerakin (used in the form mencerakinkan)

1. (Malaysia) to break down a problem into its constituent points, to analyze

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چراکن chĕrakin”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chĕrakan, chĕrakin”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 216

• “cerakin” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.