serang

See also: Serang

English

Etymology

From Persian سرهنگ (sarhang, “commander”).

Noun

serang (plural serangs)

  1. (India, now historical) A native Indian boatswain; a lascar captain.
    • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 14:
      The discovery that the substance in his mouth was of vegetable origin came as no great reassurance to Zachary: once, when the serang spat a stream of blood-red juice over the rail, he noticed the water below coming alive with the thrashing of shark's fins.
    • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 161:
      The serang or his deputy could serve as a rebel leader or as a point of protest; there were even times when isolated Europeans joined the rebel cause.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation 1

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈraŋ/ [səˈraŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: se‧rang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay serang.

Verb

sêrang (active menyerang, passive diserang)

  1. (transitive) to attack
Derived terms
  • menyerangi
  • menyerangkan
  • penyerang (“attacker”)
  • penyerangan (“attack, attacking, the act of attacking”)
  • serang-menyerang (“to attack each other”)
  • serangan (“attack”)
  • terserang (“attacked”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Root

sêrang

  1. increase
Derived terms
  • berserang

Etymology 3

From Persian سرهنگ (sarhang, “commander”).

Noun

sêrang (plural serang-serang)

  1. (nautical) boatswain, officer of a sailing ship
  2. (nautical) boatswain, the petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
    Synonyms: bosun, kepala kelasi, kepala kerja, mandor kapal

Pronunciation 2

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

serang (comparative lebih serang, superlative paling serang)

  1. (dialect) dazzled
    Synonym: silau

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay serang (“wide-meshed; sparse”).

Adjective

serang (comparative lebih serang, superlative paling serang)

  1. (dialect) wide
  2. (dialect) coarse
  3. (dialect) sparse
  4. (dialect) diffuse, thin
    Antonym: lebat

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Madurese [Term?].

Noun

serang (plural serang-serang)

  1. (dialect) front of the jukung (“a kind of boat”).

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