calak
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃalaʔ/ [ˈt͡ʃa.laʔ]
- Rhymes: -alaʔ
- Syllabification: ca‧lak
Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay calak, from Persian چالاک (čâlâk).[1]
Adjective
[edit]calak (dialectal)
- talkative (tending to talk a lot)
- Synonym: cerewet
- naggy
- Synonym: bawel
- good, beautiful, nice
- outstanding
- Synonym: cemerlang
Etymology 2
[edit]From Minangkabau [Term?].
Noun
[edit]calak (plural calak-calak)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
[edit]- “calak” 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.
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- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/alaʔ
- Rhymes:Indonesian/alaʔ/2 syllables
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Persian
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian adjectives
- Indonesian dialectal terms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Minangkabau
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