perak

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Indonesian

Chemical element
Ag
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Etymology

From Malay perak, from earlier pirak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic , from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *prak, *praʔ (“silver”) origin (compare to Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak, “silver”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.rak/
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  • Rhymes: -rak, -ak, -k
  • Hyphenation: pe‧rak

Noun

pèrak (first-person possessive perakku, second-person possessive perakmu, third-person possessive peraknya)

  1. silver (metal)
    Synonyms: argentum, selaka
  2. (colloquial) coin, rupiah

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

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Chemical element
Ag
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier pirak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak. Also possibly of Khmeric origin. Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer prak ~ prāk (“silver”), from the root pak ~ pāk (“to break”) with infix <r>, whence Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak) and បាក់ (pak).

Pronunciation

Noun

perak (Jawi spelling ڤيرق, informal 1st possessive perakku, 2nd possessive perakmu, 3rd possessive peraknya)

  1. silver (metal)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: perak
  • → Tagalog: pilak

References

  1. ^ Mahdi, Waruno (1994). "Some Austronesian Maverick Protoforms with Culture-Historical Implications: I". Oceanic Linguistics, 33(1), 167-229.

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine (compare Tagalog pilak), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian , of Khmeric origin.

Noun

perak

  1. silver (metal)
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