rojak

English

Etymology

From Dutch roedjak, from Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (countable and uncountable, plural rojaks)

  1. (cooking) A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
  2. (Malaysia, slang, countable) A person of mixed ethnic heritage.

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (Jawi spelling روجق)

  1. (cooking) rojak: A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
  2. (colloquial, Indonesia) A mixture, mishmash.
    • Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Tan Bee Hoon, Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN
      "it meant a rojak (mishmash) of races"

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • → English: rojak

Further reading

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