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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: lang‧sir
Etymology 1
From Dutch rangeer, the present tense 1st person singular form of rangeren, from French ranger, rang, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). The rail transport sense was a semantic loan from German rangieren in Dutch. Doublet of ring.
Verb
langsir
- (rail transport) to shunt, to move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
- Synonym: melangsir
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch lansier or Portuguese lanceiro, ultimately from Late Latin lanceārius, from Latin lancea (“spear”).
Noun
langsir (plural langsir-langsir)
- (obsolete) lancer, a soldier armed with a lance.
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Malay
Etymology
From English ranger (“sieve”).
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laŋsir/
- Hyphenation: lang‧sir
Noun
langsir (Jawi spelling لڠسير, plural langsir-langsir, informal 1st possessive langsirku, 2nd possessive langsirmu, 3rd possessive langsirnya)
- curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)
- Synonyms: tabir, tirai
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