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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏ꧀ (sirik, “to be avoided, to be abstained from”), from Old Javanese sirik (“to make way, to evade, to be afraid of”).
Noun
sirik (plural sirik-sirik, first-person possessive sirikku, second-person possessive sirikmu, third-person possessive siriknya)
- abstinence
- Synonym: pantang
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown
Adjective
sirik
- jealous
- Synonym: iri
Etymology 3
Noun
sirik (plural sirik-sirik, first-person possessive sirikku, second-person possessive sirikmu, third-person possessive siriknya)
- Alternative spelling of syirik
Etymology 4
Noun
sirik (plural sirik-sirik, first-person possessive sirikku, second-person possessive sirikmu, third-person possessive siriknya)
- Alternative spelling of siri
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
sirik
- Romanization of ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root
sirik
- to make way, to evade, to be afraid of
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "sirik" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.