seret

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay seret (“to drag”). Compare to Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “drag”)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɛt/ [ˈsɛ.rɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: se‧ret

Verb

seret (active menyeret, passive diseret)

1. to drag

Derived terms

• penyeret
• penyeretan
• seret-seret
• terseret

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay seret (“stripe”), from Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “narrow undyed strip at the edge of a piece of batik fabric”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɛt/ [ˈsɛ.rɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: se‧ret

Adjective

seret

1. (dialectal, Java) stripped (made of strips)

   Synonym: loreng

Noun

seret (plural seret-seret)

1. (dialectal, Java) edge, of a cloth

   Synonym: pinggiran

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀ (seret, “choked; tight”) (compare Malay serat), from Old Javanese srĕt (“faltering”).

Alternative forms

• serat

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈrət/ [səˈrət̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ət
• Syllabification: se‧ret

Adjective

sêrêt (chiefly dialectal, Java)

1. stiff; jammed

   Synonyms: kaku, macet

2. (of voice) hoarse

   Synonym: serak

3. (dialect, Java) slow, sluggish

   Synonym: lambat

4. (dialect, Java) blocked

   Synonym: terhalang

Further reading

• “seret” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

seret

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦉꦠ꧀
2. Nonstandard form of sèrèt. Romanization of ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀.

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb serō (“I sow or plant”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb serō (“I join or weave”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular future active indicative of serō

Etymology 3

Form of the verb serō (“I fasten”).

Verb

seret

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of serō

Malay

Etymology 1

Ccompare Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “drag”)).

Verb

seret (Jawi spelling سيريت)

1. to drag
2. to swipe (of cards on a reader)
3. to trail behind

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (sèrèt, “narrow undyed strip at the edge of a piece of batik fabric”).

Noun

seret (Jawi spelling سيريت, plural seret-seret, informal 1st possessive seretku, 2nd possessive seretmu, 3rd possessive seretnya)

1. (rare) stripe

   Synonyms: coreng, belang, jalur, loreng

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “سيرت seret”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 42
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سيرت seret”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 427
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “seret”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 451

Further reading

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