kerak
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəˈrak/ [kəˈrak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: ke‧rak
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay kerak (“crust”). Doublet of karak.
Noun
kerak (plural kerak-kerak)
Alternative forms
Hyponyms
- kerak benua
- kerak beraik
- kerak bumi
- kerak daratan
- kerak gurun
- kerak kapur
- kerak nasi
- kerak pai
- kerak roti
- kerak samudra
- kerak telor
- kerak telur
- kerak terusi
Derived terms
- berkerak
- mengerak
- pengerakan
- terkerak
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic
Noun
kerak (plural kerak-kerak)
- scratching sound
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
kerak (plural kerak-kerak)
- any bird of the genus Acridotheres
Further reading
- “kerak”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Noun
kerak (Jawi spelling کرق, plural kerak-kerak or kerak2)
Descendants
- Indonesian: kerak (“crust”)
Further reading
- "kerak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Uzbek
Etymology
Cognates
Azerbaijani gərək, Bashkir кәрәк (kərək), Turkmen gerek, Tatar кирәк (kiräk), Uyghur كېرەك (kërek), Chuvash кирлӗ (kirlĕ), Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Nogai, Shor, Karakalpak Karachay-Balkar Khakas, and Kumyk керек (kerek), Crimean Tatar and Khalaj kerek, Tuvan херек (xerek). Compare also the Turkish verb Turkish gerekmek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛ.rak/, [k̟ɛ.ræk̟]
- Hyphenation: ke‧rak
Predicative
kerak
- (it is) necessary