songkok

English

Etymology

From Malay songkok.

Noun

songkok (plural songkoks)

1. An Asian cap resembling a fez, worn mostly by male Muslims.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 302:

     He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea.

   • 2008 January 28, Marilyn Berger, “Suharto Dies at 86; Indonesian Dictator Brought Order and Bloodshed”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Short and thick set, he almost invariably dressed in a Western business suit or a safari jacket once he gave up his military uniform, and a black songkok, the flat traditional Indonesian cap.

Indonesian

Sukarno wearing a songkok.

Etymology

from Malay songkok.

Noun

songkok (first-person possessive songkokku, second-person possessive songkokmu, third-person possessive songkoknya)

1. songkok

   Synonyms: peci, kopiah

Further reading

• “songkok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Tunku Abdul Rahman wearing a songkok.

Etymology

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Noun

songkok (Jawi spelling سوڠکوق, plural songkok-songkok, informal 1st possessive songkokku, 2nd possessive songkokmu, 3rd possessive songkoknya)

1. songkok

   Synonym: peci

Further reading

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