warak

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

warak (Balinese script ᬯᬭᬓ᭄)

1. rhinoceros

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

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

warak (comparative lebih warak, superlative paling warak)

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

• warik

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.

warak (plural warak-warak)

1. rhinoceros

   Synonym: badak

• “warak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

warak

1. romanization of ꦮꦫꦏ꧀

From Arabic وَرَع (waraʕ).

warak (Jawi spelling ورع)

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

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

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.)

warak

1. rhinoceros

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

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