serak

See also: sérak

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay serak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈserak/
• Rhymes: -erak
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

Verb

serak

1. (rare) to get or become scattered

   Synonym: menyerak

Derived terms

• berserak
• berserak-serak
• berserakan
• keberserakan
• keterserakan
• menyerak
• serak-serakkan
• serakkan
• terserak
• terserak-serak

Etymology 2

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

Adjective

sêrak (comparative lebih serak, superlative paling serak, equative seserak)

1. hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

   Synonyms: parau, (uncommon) garau

Noun

sêrak

1. This term needs a translation to English (Tyto alba javanica). Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 2.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

Noun

sêrak

1. a brushing sound: rustle

Derived terms

• serak-serik

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

Noun

sêrak

1. Any of various owls of the family Tytonidae

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Etymology 1, 2, 3)
  • IPA^(key): /səˈrak/ [səˈraʔ]
    • Rhymes: -raʔ, -aʔ
• (Etymology 4)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈserak/ [ˈse.raʔ]
    • Rhymes: -eraʔ, -raʔ, -aʔ
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

Etymology 1

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

serak (Jawi spelling سرق)

1. lightly hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

See also

• parau
• garau

Noun

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak or serak²)

1. (obsolete) collected phlegm after coughing

   Synonym: kahak

Derived terms

Affixations

• serak-serik

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 1.

Noun

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak or serak²)

1. a brushing sound: rustle
2. cracking sound (of the fingers etc)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak or serak²)

1. western barn owl (Tyto alba)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

menyerak

1. to disperse, to scatter

   Synonyms: tabur, tebar

   1. (physics) to scatter or deflect radiation, particles etc.

Verb

terserak, berserakan

1. to be dispersed, scattered

Adjective

serak (Jawi spelling سيرق, comparative lebih serak, superlative paling serak)

1. (physics) (of particles) scattered

Derived terms

Affixations

• berserakan
• keberserakan
• keterserakan
• penyerak
• penyerakan
• selerak
• serak-serakkan
• serakan
• terserak-serak

Further reading

• "serak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Semai

Alternative forms

• sengrak

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruk ~ *ruuk (“forest”). Cognate with Khmer ស្រុក (srok), Northern Khmer ซเราะ.

Noun

serak

1. forest

Synonyms

• jeres
• rimaaq