encik

From Malay encik, from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnt͡ʃek/,

encik (plural enciks)

1. (Singapore, informal, military) Informal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.

• cik (female equivalent)

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ənˈt͡ʃik/ (term of address for respectable or unknown adult)
    • Rhymes: -ik
  • IPA^(key): /ənˈt͡ʃiʔ/ (elder sister; term of address for female schoolteacher)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: en‧cik

From Malay encik, from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”). Cognate of Tagalog Intsik, Cebuano Insik. See also Thai เจ๊ก (jék), Singaporean English Ah Chek.

êncik (plural encik-encik)

1. term of address conferred on a respectable or unknown adult, usually when the name is unknown

From Malay encik, from Hokkien 阿姊 (a-chí, “elder sister”).

êncik (plural encik-encik)

1. (West Sumatra) term of address conferred on a female schoolteacher
2. elder sister

   Synonym: kakak

• “encik” 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.

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈənt͡ʃək/
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /ənˈt͡ʃik/
• Rhymes: -ənt͡ʃəʔ, -t͡ʃəʔ, -iʔ

Possibly from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”).

encik (Jawi spelling انچيق, plural encik-encik)

1. term of address conferred on an adult male of moderate or unknown position, usually when the name is unknown; mister
2. term of address used before a man's name, who do not have any titles such as Datuk, Tengku, etc.; Mister
3. term of address for a male ethnic Chinese person

• tuan / توان

• Indonesian: encik, encek

Possibly from Hokkien.

encik (Jawi spelling انچيق, plural encik-encik)

1. term of address for a mother

• Indonesian: encik

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