serak

Inherited from Malay serak. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈserak/
• Rhymes: -erak
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

serak

1. (rare) to get or become scattered

   Synonym: menyerak

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

sêrak (comparative lebih serak, superlative paling serak, equative seserak)

1. hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

   Synonyms: parau, (uncommon) garau

sêrak

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Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 2.

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

sêrak

1. a brushing sound: rustle

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: sê‧rak

sêrak

1. Any of various owls of the order Tytonidae

Perhaps originally onomatopoeic. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, used in the form comparative or lebih serak or superlative or paling serak or equative or seserak)

1. lightly hoarse (having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.)

• parau
• garau

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak)

1. (obsolete) collected phlegm after coughing

   Synonym: kahak

Onomatopoeic, or perhaps related to etymology 1.

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak)

1. a brushing sound: rustle
2. cracking sound (of the fingers etc)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /səˈrak/
• Rhymes: -ak

serak (Jawi spelling سرق, plural serak-serak)

1. Tyto alba javanica, a type of tree

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سرق sĕrak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 378
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕrak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 445

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈserak/
• Rhymes: -rak
• Hyphenation: se‧rak

menyerak

1. to disperse, to scatter

   Synonyms: tabur, tebar

   1. (physics) to scatter or deflect radiation, particles etc.

terserak, berserakan

1. to be dispersed, scattered

serak (Jawi spelling سيرق)

1. (physics) (of particles) scattered

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سيرق serak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 40
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيرق serak”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 428
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “serak”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 445-6

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

• sengrak

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruk ~ *ruuk (“forest”). Cognate with Khmer ស្រុក (srok), Northern Khmer ซเราะ.

serak^[1]

1. forest