selasih

Malay

Alternative forms

• selaseh

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦱꦶꦃ (selasih), from Old Javanese sulasih, tulasih, from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī, “basil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səlaseh/
• Rhymes: -aseh, -seh, -eh

Noun

selasih (Jawi spelling سلاسيه, plural selasih-selasih)

1. basil

Further reading

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