kerut

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈrut/ [kəˈrʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ke‧rut

Noun

kêrut (plural kerut-kerut)

1. crease, furrow, line, wrinkle.
2. curl (in hair).

Derived terms

• berkerut
• berkerut-kerut
• kerutan
• mengerut
• mengerutkan
• mengkerut
• pengerut
• pengerutan
• terkerut

• kerut kering
• kerut muka
• kerut-merut

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay [Term?]. Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈrut/ [kəˈrʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: ke‧rut

Noun

kêrut (plural kerut-kerut)

1. sound of scraping

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Jambi Malay).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkerut/ [ˈke.rʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -erut
• Syllabification: ke‧rut

Noun

kérut (plural kerut-kerut)

1. langsat fruit that has wilted and turned black [since 2025]

Further reading

• “kerut”, 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