menak

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See also: ménak and menāk

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”) (compare Javanese ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”, literally “comfortable”), Balinese ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”)), from Old Javanese menak (“nobleman”). By surface analysis, meng- +‎ enak (“delicious; comfortable, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.nak/
  • Rhymes: -nak
  • Hyphenation: me‧nak

Noun

menak (plural menak-menak, first-person possessive menakku, second-person possessive menakmu, third-person possessive menaknya)

  1. noble, nobleman
    Synonyms: bangsawan, ningrat, priayi

Further reading

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed (m)aN- +‎ inak (“well-being, peace, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, easy (smooth, untroubled) course”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

menak

  1. at ease, relieved, satisfied
  2. easy, smooth, untroubled
  3. pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, convenient, preferable

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “comfortable”)

Noun

menak

  1. noble, nobleman

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "menak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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