pelik

Borrowed from Old Javanese pĕlik (“a kind of ear ornament”). Compare to Javanese ꦥꦼꦭꦶꦏ꧀ (pelik, “sparkle”).

• IPA^(key): /pəliʔ/
• Hyphenation: pe‧lik

pelik (Balinese script ᬧᭂᬮᬶᬓ᭄)

1. one of the ceki
2. a hall located in pura (Balinese temple)

• “pelik”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Malay pelik (“choice; beautiful”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈlik/ [pəˈlɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: pe‧lik

pelik (comparative lebih pelik, superlative paling pelik)

1. remarkable

   Synonym: memesona

2. peculiar, strange, weird

   Synonyms: aneh, ganjil, janggal

3. complicated, intricate.

   Synonyms: ribet, rumit, sulit

4. crucial.

   Synonyms: gawat, genting, krusial

5. quaint
6. beautiful

   Synonyms: cantik, indah

Inherited from Malay pelik (“ear-ornament”) (Java Malay), from Javanese pelik (“spark, sparkle, flicker”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈlik/ [pəˈlɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: pe‧lik

pelik (plural pelik-pelik)

1. ear-ornament

   Synonyms: kerabu, subang

2. white snapper weighing less than 1 kg

• “pelik”, 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

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pəˈlek/ [pəˈleʔ]
  • Rhymes: -leʔ, -eʔ

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /pəˈlik/ [pəˈliʔ]
  • Rhymes: -liʔ, -iʔ
• Hyphenation: pe‧lik

pelik (Jawi spelling ڤليق, comparative lebih pelik, superlative paling pelik)

1. strange (not normal)

• aneh
• ganjil

• "pelik" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017