selaka
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.ˈla.ka/
- Rhymes: -ka, -a
- Hyphenation: sê‧la‧ka
Etymology 1
Unknown
Noun
sêlaka (plural selaka-selaka)
- a kind of rack
Etymology 2
From Malay selaka from Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦏ (selaka), from Old Javanese salaka, probably ultimately from Sanskrit शलाका (śalākā, “name of a coin”).
Noun
sêlaka (plural selaka-selaka)
Further reading
- “selaka”, 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
Javanese
Romanization
selaka
- romanization of ꦱꦼꦭꦏ
Malay
Etymology
From Old Javanese salaka directly or via Javanese ꦱꦼꦭꦏ (selaka) from Sanskrit शलाका (śalākā, “name of a coin”). Displaced by perak following Funan influence around 300 CE.[1]
Noun
selaka (Jawi spelling سلاک, uncountable)
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “سلق sĕlak”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 110
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “سلاک sĕlaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 395
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “sĕlaka”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 406-7