cerakin

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay چراکين (cerakin, “a special alotted or compartmented tray used for storing medicine”), likely from Persian آ‬گين (čâre-âgin, literally “full of medicine”), see چاره (čâre, “remedy, help”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈrakin/ [t͡ʃəˈra.kɪn]
  • Rhymes: -akin
  • Syllabification: ce‧ra‧kin

Noun

cerakin (plural cerakin-cerakin)

  1. medicine box
  2. (botany) purging croton (Croton tiglium)
    Synonym: cemekian

References

  1. ^ Bausani, Alessandro (1988) Catatan mengenai kata-kata Parsi dalam bahasa Melayu-Indonesia, page 20

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Likely from Persian چاره ‫آ‬گين (čâre-âgin, literally “full of medicine”), see چاره (čâre, “medicine”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Sense of verb from backformation of affixed cerakinan i.e. contents inside the tray.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈrakin/ [t͡ʃəˈra.kin]

Noun

cerakin (Jawi spelling چراکين, plural cerakin-cerakin)

  1. (Johor) a special alotted or compartmented tray used for storing medicine
    Synonym: pedadah
  2. (analytical chemistry) assay

Verb

cerakin (used in the form mencerakinkan)

  1. (Malaysia) to break down a problem into its constituent points, to analyse

References

  1. ^ Bausani, Alessandro (1988) Catatan mengenai kata-kata Parsi dalam bahasa Melayu-Indonesia, page 20
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چراکن chĕrakin”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chĕrakan, chĕrakin”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 216

Further reading

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