serap

See also: şerap and Serap

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay serap, from Classical Malay سرڤ (serap), from Proto-Malayic *sərəp, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp (“to penetrate”).

Alternative forms

• sêrêp (colloquial, chiefly Java)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈrap/ [səˈrap]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: se‧rap

Verb

sêrap (active menyerap, passive diserap)

1. to absorb (in general senses)
2. (physics, chemistry) to absorb (to take in energy and convert it)
3. to absorb (to assimilate mentally)
   • 2020, Azri Yusra, DILEMA BANGKU KULIAH (Sebuah Bacaan untuk Menapaki Kehidupan Kampus)‎^[1], Spasi Media, page 64:

     Satu minggu menjelang minggu tenang, pastikan bahwa kita menyerap dan memahami bacaan mata kuliah

     A week before quiet week, make sure that we absorb and understand the course readings

4. to absorb (to spent the amount that was budgeted)
   • 2020, Komnas HAM, Marjinalisasi Hak Politik Penyandang Disabilitas‎^[2], page 135:

     Jumlah ini lebih kecil dari biaya pengadaan tinta dan surat suara yang masing-masing menyerap anggaran sebesar Rp. 4.131.123.000 atau 3.84 % dan Rp. 2.516.354.185 atau 2.34 % dari total anggaran penyelenggaraan Pilkada di Sulsel

     This amount is smaller than the cost of procuring ink and ballots, which each absorbed the budget of Rp. 4,131,123,000 or 3.84% and Rp. 2,516,354,185 or 2.34% of the total budget for organizing the Pilkada in South Sulawesi.

5. (linguistics) to borrow (to adopt a word from another language)

   Synonym: pinjam

6. to assimilate (of culture, etc.)

Derived terms

• keterserapan (“absorbability”)
• penyerap (“absorber”)
• penyerapan (“absorption”)
• serapan (“absorption, something that is absorbed; borrowing (of words, etc)”)
• terserap (“absorbed”)

• (dialectal, dated) serap mesra (“very affectionate, intimate”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈserap/ [ˈse.rap]
• Rhymes: -erap
• Syllabification: se‧rap

Noun

sérap (plural serap-serap)

1. Alternative form of serep

Further reading

• “serap” 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.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*serep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *sərəp, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp (“to penetrate”). Cognate with Manggarai cerep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sərap/
• Rhymes: -ap

Verb

serap (Jawi spelling سرڤ)

1. to absorb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)

Derived terms

• diserap
• diserapkan
• menyerap
• menyerapkan
• penyerap
• penyerapan
• serapan

Descendants

• Indonesian: serap

Further reading

• “serap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*serep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سراب (serab), itself from Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb, “mirage”).

Noun

serap (definite accusative serabı, plural seraplar)

1. mirage, an optical phenomenon giving the illusion of a body of water

Declension

Declension of serap

singular plural nominative serap seraplar definite accusative serabı serapları dative seraba seraplara locative serapta seraplarda ablative seraptan seraplardan genitive serabın serapların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular serabım seraplarım 2nd singular serabın serapların 3rd singular serabı serapları 1st plural serabımız seraplarımız 2nd plural serabınız seraplarınız 3rd plural serapları serapları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular serabımı seraplarımı 2nd singular serabını seraplarını 3rd singular serabını seraplarını 1st plural serabımızı seraplarımızı 2nd plural serabınızı seraplarınızı 3rd plural seraplarını seraplarını dative singular plural 1st singular serabıma seraplarıma 2nd singular serabına seraplarına 3rd singular serabına seraplarına 1st plural serabımıza seraplarımıza 2nd plural serabınıza seraplarınıza 3rd plural seraplarına seraplarına locative singular plural 1st singular serabımda seraplarımda 2nd singular serabında seraplarında 3rd singular serabında seraplarında 1st plural serabımızda seraplarımızda 2nd plural serabınızda seraplarınızda 3rd plural seraplarında seraplarında ablative singular plural 1st singular serabımdan seraplarımdan 2nd singular serabından seraplarından 3rd singular serabından seraplarından 1st plural serabımızdan seraplarımızdan 2nd plural serabınızdan seraplarınızdan 3rd plural seraplarından seraplarından genitive singular plural 1st singular serabımın seraplarımın 2nd singular serabının seraplarının 3rd singular serabının seraplarının 1st plural serabımızın seraplarımızın 2nd plural serabınızın seraplarınızın 3rd plural seraplarının seraplarının

Derived terms

• serabistan

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “serap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4151