silat

See also: silât

English

Noun

silat (uncountable)

1. A type of martial art originating from the Malay Archipelago.

Translations

type of martial art

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 席拉 (xílā)

• Finnish: silat

Anagrams

• A list, A-list, Itals, Talsi, alist, itals, laits, litas, stail, tails

Finnish

Noun

silat

1. nominative plural of sila

Anagrams

• altis, lasit, lasti, lista, litsa, salit, silta, talsi, tilsa

Malay

Noun

silat (Jawi spelling سيلت‎, informal 1st possessive silatku, 2nd possessive silatmu, 3rd possessive silatnya)

1. self-defense

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧lat
• IPA^(key): /siˈlat/, [sɪˈlat]

Noun

silát

1. slit or open crack between the strips of bamboo flooring, walling, etc.

Derived terms

• silat-silat