jruk

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kruuc ~ *kruəc (“citrus”), compare Khmer ក្រូច (krouc, “citrus fruit, orange”), Thai กรูด (grùut).

Noun

jruk

1. citrus, lemon, orange
2. pickled meat

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦗꦼꦫꦸꦏ꧀ (jeruk)
  • Banyumasan: jeruk
  • → Malay: jeruk
    • Indonesian: jeruk
    • → Tagalog: dalok
• → Balinese: ᬚᭂᬭᬸᬓ᭄ (jeruk), ᬚᬸᬳᬸᬓ᭄ (juuk), ᬚᬸᬯᬸᬓ᭄ (juwuk)
• → Sundanese: ᮏᮨᮛᮥᮊ᮪ (jeruk)

Further reading

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