merak

See also: Merak

Albanian

Alternative forms

• marak — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Noun

merak m (plural merake, definite meraku) (colloquial)

1. great curiosity

   Synonym: kureshtje

2. desire, yearning, craving for something

   Synonyms: dëshirë, gjakim

3. great worry, concern, anxiety, uneasiness

   Synonym: shqetësim

4. love, passion

   Synonyms: dashuri, sevda

5. care, attention, concern

   Synonym: kujdes

6. fear, insecurity

   Synonyms: frikë, pasiguri, dyshim

7. doubt, suspicion

   Synonym: dyshim

8. regret

   Synonyms: peng, gozhdë

Derived terms

• merakleshë
• merakli
• merakos
• merakshëm

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay merak, from Classical Malay [Term?], from Aslian.

Pronunciation

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Noun

merak

1. peafowl

Javanese

Noun

merak

1. peacock

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Noun

merak m (Hebrew spelling מיראק)

1. concern; worry

   Synonyms: merekia, preokupasión

   • 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, Voices from Jewish Salonika‎^[2], Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 608:

     Ich merak no se tome, Tio Ezrá; ni eya, Tia Benuta, no se meraklee del todo (saltó Semayá ke avia sentido la konversasyón).

     Uncle Ezrá has no worry about anything; neither does Aunt Benuta worry about everything. [Semayá left, having heard the conversation.]

2. sadness

   Synonyms: tristeza, tristura

   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[3], Editions Vidas Largas, page 120:

     La semana kon sys afanes i lavoros, kon sus merakes i alegrias, pasava markada del kolpo de kanon dando dos vezes al dia la ora a la turka.

     The week with its work and labour, with its sadnesses and joys, was passing marked with a cannon blast going off twice daily and hourly at the Turk.

Derived terms

• meraklanear

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from an Austroasiatic language. Compare Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), from Old Mon mrek (“peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Old Javanese mrak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mərak/, [məraʔ]
• Rhymes: -rak, -ak

Noun

merak (Jawi spelling مرق, plural merak-merak, informal 1st possessive merakku, 2nd possessive merakmu, 3rd possessive meraknya)

1. A peafowl.
2. The peacock flower.

Compounds

• merak biru
• merak hijau
• merak hutan
• merak pongsu

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měraːk/
• Hyphenation: me‧rak

Noun

mèrāk m (Cyrillic spelling мѐра̄к)

1. Desire, yearning, and enjoyment thereof
2. Enjoyment of the simple things in life

Declension

Declension of merak

	singular	plural
nominative	merak	meraci
genitive	meraka	meraka
dative	meraku	meracima
accusative	merak	merake
vocative	merače	meraci
locative	meraku	meracima
instrumental	merakom	meracima

References

• “merak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾɑːk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: me‧rak

Noun

merak (definite accusative merakı, plural meraklar)

1. curiosity
2. solicitude
3. worry

Declension

Declension of merak

singular plural nominative merak meraklar definite accusative merakı merakları dative meraka meraklara locative merakta meraklarda ablative meraktan meraklardan genitive merakın merakların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular merakım meraklarım 2nd singular merakın merakların 3rd singular merakı merakları 1st plural merakımız meraklarımız 2nd plural merakınız meraklarınız 3rd plural merakları merakları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular merakımı meraklarımı 2nd singular merakını meraklarını 3rd singular merakını meraklarını 1st plural merakımızı meraklarımızı 2nd plural merakınızı meraklarınızı 3rd plural meraklarını meraklarını dative singular plural 1st singular merakıma meraklarıma 2nd singular merakına meraklarına 3rd singular merakına meraklarına 1st plural merakımıza meraklarımıza 2nd plural merakınıza meraklarınıza 3rd plural meraklarına meraklarına locative singular plural 1st singular merakımda meraklarımda 2nd singular merakında meraklarında 3rd singular merakında meraklarında 1st plural merakımızda meraklarımızda 2nd plural merakınızda meraklarınızda 3rd plural meraklarında meraklarında ablative singular plural 1st singular merakımdan meraklarımdan 2nd singular merakından meraklarından 3rd singular merakından meraklarından 1st plural merakımızdan meraklarımızdan 2nd plural merakınızdan meraklarınızdan 3rd plural meraklarından meraklarından genitive singular plural 1st singular merakımın meraklarımın 2nd singular merakının meraklarının 3rd singular merakının meraklarının 1st plural merakımızın meraklarımızın 2nd plural merakınızın meraklarınızın 3rd plural meraklarının meraklarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular merakım meraklarım 2nd singular meraksın meraklarsın 3rd singular merak meraktır meraklar meraklardır 1st plural merakız meraklarız 2nd plural meraksınız meraklarsınız 3rd plural meraklar meraklardır

Derived terms

• meraklı