warak

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese warak. Cognate of Malay and Indonesian badak.

Noun

warak (Balinese script ᬯᬭᬓ᭄)

1. rhinoceros

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.rak/
• Rhymes: -rak
• Hyphenation: wa‧rak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay warak (“pious, religious”), from Arabic وَرَع (waraʕ).

Adjective

warak (comparative lebih warak, superlative paling warak)

1. pious (of or pertaining to piety)
2. religious

Alternative forms

• warik

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak, “rhinoceros”) (and Balinese ᬯᬭᬓ᭄ (warak, “rhinoceros”)), from Old Javanese warak (“rhinoceros”), probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”)). Doublet of badak.

Noun

warak (plural warak-warak)

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: badak

Further reading

• “warak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

warak

1. romanization of ꦮꦫꦏ꧀

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic وَرَع (waraʕ).

Adjective

warak (Jawi spelling ورع, comparative lebih warak, superlative paling warak)

1. pious (of or pertaining to piety)
2. religious

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Austroasiatic (compare to Proto-Bahnaric *-rok (“cow, ox”) and Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruuk (“ox”)). Doublet of wadak (“wild buffalo”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

warak

1. rhinoceros

Related terms

• wadak (“wild buffalo”)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦮꦫꦏ꧀ (warak)
• → Balinese: ᬯᬭᬓ᭄ (warak)

Further reading

• "warak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈwaɾak/ [ˈwaː.ɾɐk̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aɾak
  • IPA^(key): /waˈɾak/ [wɐˈɾak̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wa‧rak

Noun

warak (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜇᜃ᜔)

1. tear (such as of clothes)

   Synonym: punit

Adjective

warák (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜇᜃ᜔)

1. torn

   Synonym: punit

See also

• wasak

Further reading

• “warak”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025