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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay serikat, from Classical Malay شريكت (syarikat), سريكت (serikat), from Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of syarikat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈri.kat/,
- Hyphenation: sê‧ri‧kat
- Rhymes: -at
Noun
sêrikat (plural serikat-serikat)
- union, association, league
- Synonyms: persekutuan, perkumpulan
- Amerika Serikat ― United States of America (literally, “The Union of America”)
- partnership, company
- Synonyms: persekutuan, perseroan
- ally, confederate
- Synonyms: sekutu, kawan
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of syarikat.
Pronunciation
Noun
serikat (Jawi spelling سريکت, plural serikat-serikat, informal 1st possessive serikatku, 2nd possessive serikatmu, 3rd possessive serikatnya)
- union, association, league
- Synonyms: persekutuan, pertubuhan, perkumpulan
- partnership, company
- Synonym: perkongsian
- shared earnings collected between husband and wife
Usage notes
- Mostly displaced by syarikat in Malay Peninsula and Singapore, although proper Indonesian nouns with it still preserved in literature there.
References
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سريکت sĕrikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 383
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕrikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 452