nasi

See also: naši, nãsi, nāsi, Näsi, nāsī, nasi', and наши

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay nasi.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑː.si/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

nasi (uncountable)

1. (cooking) (in Malaysian and Indonesian cookery) Cooked rice.

Hyponyms

• nasi goreng

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيء‎ (nasīʾ, literally “postponement”).

Alternative forms

• nasi'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəˈsiː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

nasi (uncountable)

1. (Islam) The intercalation of a month in the calendar of pre-Islamic Arabia, often considered heretical.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪˌsaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

nasi

1. plural of nasus

Anagrams

• ANSI, ASIN, ISNA, Isan, Nias, Sain, Sian, Sina, anis, as in, nais, nias, sain

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nasiˀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nasi/
• Hyphenation: na‧si

Noun

nasi

1. cooked rice

Derived terms

• nasi guring
• nasi kabun
• nasi lamak

See also

• baras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian nasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.si/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: na‧si
• Rhymes: -ɑsi

Noun

nasi m (uncountable)

1. Indonesian-style fried rice; nasi goreng.
2. fried rice in general

Derived terms

• nasibal
• nasi goreng

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nasi, from Proto-Malayic *nasiˀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

nasi (plural, first-person possessive nasiku, second-person possessive nasimu, third-person possessive nasinya)

1. cooked rice

Derived terms

• nasi goreng

See also

• beras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)
• sawah (“paddy field”)

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Italian

Noun

nasi m

1. plural of naso

Anagrams

• ansi
• sani

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Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi, from Proto-Austronesian [Term?]. Compare Malay nasi.

Noun

nasi

1. cooked rice

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.siː/, [ˈnäːs̠iː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.si/, [ˈnɑːs̬i]

Noun

nāsī

1. inflection of nāsus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nasiˀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nasi/
• Rhymes: -asi, -si, -i

Noun

nasi (Jawi spelling ناسي‎, informal 1st possessive nasiku, impolite 2nd possessive nasimu, 3rd possessive nasinya)

1. cooked rice

Derived terms

• nasi goreng
• nasi kandar
• nasi lemak

Descendants

• Indonesian: nasi
  • Dutch: nasi

See also

• sawah (“paddy field”)
• beras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)

Further reading

• “nasi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ɕi/

Pronoun

nasi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of nasz

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Sakizaya

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 梨(なし) (nashi, “pear”).

Noun

nasi

1. pear (fruit)