serak

Inherited from Malay serak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈserak/
• Rhymes: -erak
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

serak

1. (rare) to get or become scattered

   Synonym: menyerak

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

sêrak (comparative lebih serak, superlative paling serak, equative seserak)

1. hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

   Synonyms: parau, (uncommon) garau

sêrak

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Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 2.

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

sêrak

1. a brushing sound: rustle

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, used in the form comparative or lebih serak or superlative or paling serak or equative or seserak)

1. lightly hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

• parau
• garau

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak, informal 1st possessive serakku, 2nd possessive serakmu, 3rd possessive seraknya)

1. (obsolete) collected phlegm after coughing

   Synonym: kahak

Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 1.

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak, informal 1st possessive serakku, 2nd possessive serakmu, 3rd possessive seraknya)

1. a brushing sound: rustle
2. cracking sound (of the fingers etc)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak, informal 1st possessive serakku, 2nd possessive serakmu, 3rd possessive seraknya)

1. Tyto alba javanica, a type of tree

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سرق sĕrak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 378
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕrak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 445

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈserak/
• Rhymes: -rak
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

menyerak

1. to disperse, to scatter

   Synonyms: tabur, tebar

   1. (physics) to scatter or deflect radiation, particles etc.

terserak, berserakan

1. to be dispersed, scattered

serak (Jawi spelling سيرق)

1. (physics) (of particles) scattered

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سيرق serak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيرق serak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 428
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “serak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 445-6

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

• sengrak

From Proto-Aslian , from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruk ~ *ruuk (“forest”). Cognate with Khmer ស្រុក (srok), Northern Khmer ซเราะ.

serak^[1]

1. forest