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Balinese
Romanization
warak
- Romanization of ᬯᬭᬓ᭄
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwa.rak/
- Rhymes: -rak
- Hyphenation: wa‧rak
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay warak (“pious, religious”), from Arabic وَرَع (waraʕ).
Adjective
warak
- pious (of or pertaining to piety)
- religious
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak, “rhinoceros”) (and Balinese ᬯᬭᬓ᭄ (warak, “rhinoceros”)), from Old Javanese warak (“rhinoceros”), probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”)). Doublet of badak.
Noun
warak (plural warak-warak, first-person possessive warakku, second-person possessive warakmu, third-person possessive waraknya)
- rhinoceros
- Synonym: badak
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
warak
- Romanization of ꦮꦫꦏ꧀
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic وَرَع (waraʕ).
Adjective
warak (Jawi spelling ورع)
- pious (of or pertaining to piety)
- religious
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”)).
Doublet of wadak (“wild buffalo”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
warak
- rhinoceros
Descendants
Further reading
- "warak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.