aiskrim

Malay

Alternative forms

• ice cream (dated, 1924-1972)

Etymology

Borrowed from English ice cream.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -im

Noun

aiskrim (Jawi spelling اءيسکريم, plural aiskrim-aiskrim, informal 1st possessive aiskrimku, 2nd possessive aiskrimmu, 3rd possessive aiskrimnya)

1. ice cream

Descendants

• Indonesian: es krim (via phono-semantic matching of Dutch ijs)

Further reading

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