kasar

See also: kaşar and kasař

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkasar/ [ˈka.sar]
• Rhymes: -asar
• Syllabification: ka‧sar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kasar. Compare Javanese ꦏꦱꦂ (kasar, “coarse, rough, unrefined”).

Adjective

kasar

1. rough, harsh, coarse

   gulanya kasar ― the sugar is coarse

   bahasa kasar ― harsh language

   dia kasar padaku ― he is rude to me

2. (statistics) uncorrected, without analysis

   Synonym: mentah

3. crude (in a natural, untreated state)
4. synonym of mentah (“raw”)

Derived terms

• dikasari
• dikasarkan
• diperkasar
• kekasaran
• memperkasar
• mengasari
• mengasarkan

• kasar tangan

Etymology 2

Noun

kasar (plural kasar-kasar)

1. alternative form of qasar

Further reading

• “kasar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ladino

Alternative forms

• caçar (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus. Compare Portuguese caçar and English chase and catch.

Verb

kasar (Hebrew spelling קאסאר)

1. (ambitransitive) to hunt (living beings)
   • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎^[1], Isis, →ISBN, page 226:

     El prens ke era una persona muy determinada kaso detras de la serva por diyas enteros fin ke la serva entro a la guerta en saltando enriva de la pared.

     For entire days, the prince, who was a very determined person, hunted the deer until the deer entered the garden by jumping over the wall.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasar/

Adjective

kasar (comparative lebih kasar, superlative paling kasar)

1. rough; coarse to the touch.

   Tangan pekerja itu kasar kerana kerja berat. ― The worker’s hands are rough from hard labour.

2. rude; impolite in manner or speech.

   Jangan berbuat kasar kepada orang tua. ― Do not behave rudely towards elders.

3. crude; unrefined or lacking delicacy.

   Bahasanya agak kasar untuk majlis rasmi. ― His language was rather crude for a formal event.

Synonyms

• biadab
• tampan kasar (archaic)
• ganas (contextual)

Antonyms

• halus
• sopan
• lembut

Derived terms

Affixations

• dikasari
• kekasaran
• memperkasar
• mengasari

Compounds

• bahasa kasar
• tangan kasar

Further reading

• "kasar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kasar" at PRPM first version)

Middle English

Noun

kasar

1. (Northern) alternative form of casere

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kȁsar m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏сар)

1. (nautical) poop deck

Suruí

Noun

kasar

1. macaw

References

• Stan Anonby, A Historical Comparative Look at Four Mondé Languages (2012), p. 7

Swedish

Noun

kasar

1. indefinite plural of kas
2. indefinite plural of kasa
3. indefinite plural of kase

Verb

kasar

1. present indicative of kasa

Anagrams

• Skara, askar, rakas, raska, sakar, skara