serikat

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sarekat (nonstandard)
• syarikat

Etymology

From Malay serikat, from Classical Malay شريكت (syarikat), سريكت (serikat), from Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of syarikat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈri.kat/, [səˈri.kat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ri‧kat

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

sêrikat (plural serikat-serikat)

1. union, association, league

   Synonyms: persekutuan, perkumpulan

   Amerika Serikat ― United States of America (literally, “The Union of America”)

2. partnership, company

   Synonyms: persekutuan, perseroan

3. ally, confederate

   Synonyms: sekutu, kawan

Derived terms

• berserikat
• menyerikati
• menyerikatkan
• perserikatan

• Amerika Serikat
• serikat buruh
• serikat mahasiswa
• serikat pekerja

Further reading

• “serikat” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of syarikat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈrikat/ [səˈri.kat̪]

Noun

serikat (Jawi spelling سريکت, plural serikat-serikat)

1. union, association, league

   Synonyms: persekutuan, pertubuhan, perkumpulan

2. partnership, company

   Synonym: perkongsian

3. shared earnings collected between husband and wife

Usage notes

• Mostly displaced by syarikat in Malay Peninsula and Singapore, although proper Indonesian nouns with it still preserved in literature there.

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سريکت sĕrikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 383
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sĕrikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 452