serap

From Malay serap, from Classical Malay serap, from Proto-Malayic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sê‧rap

sêrap (base-imperative-colloquial)

1. to absorb
   1. To include so that it no longer has separate existence
   2. To suck up; to drink in
   3. (physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it.
      1. (physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
      2. (physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
      3. (physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
   4. To assimilate mentally.
      • 2020, Azri Yusra, DILEMA BANGKU KULIAH (Sebuah Bacaan untuk Menapaki Kehidupan Kampus)‎, Spasi Media, page 64:

        Satu minggu menjelang minggu tenang, pastikan bahwa kita menyerap dan memahami bacaan mata kuliah

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to spent the amount that was budgeted
   • 2020, Komnas HAM, Marjinalisasi Hak Politik Penyandang Disabilitas‎, page 135:

     Jumlah ini lebih kecil dari biaya pengadaan tinta dan surat suara yang masing-masing menyerap anggaran sebesar Rp. 4.131.123.000 atau 3.84 % dan Rp. 2.516.354.185 atau 2.34 % dari total anggaran penyelenggaraan Pilkada di Sulsel

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (linguistics) to borrow: to adopt a word from another language.
4. to assimilate (of culture, etc)

• sêrêp

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: sè‧rap

sèrap (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of serep

• “serap” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp. Cognate with Manggarai cerep.

• IPA^(key): /sərap/
• Rhymes: -ərap, -rap, -ap

serap (Jawi spelling سرڤ)

1. to absorb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)

• Indonesian: serap

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

From Ottoman Turkish سراب (serab), itself from Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb, “mirage”).

serap (definite accusative serabı, plural seraplar)

1. mirage, an optical phenomenon giving the illusion of a body of water

• serabistan

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “serap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4151