sarkas

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsarkas/
• Hyphenation: sar‧kas
• Rhymes: -kas, -as, -s

Noun

sarkas (plural sarkas-sarkas, first-person possessive sarkasku, second-person possessive sarkasmu, third-person possessive sarkasnya)

1. (informal) apocopic form of sarkasme (“sarcasm”)

   "Itu omongan jujur apa sarkas ya, Bi?" ― "Aunty, is the talk a truth or a sarcasm?"

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English circus.

Noun

sarkas (Jawi spelling سرکس, plural sarkas-sarkas, informal 1st possessive sarkasku, 2nd possessive sarkasmu, 3rd possessive sarkasnya)

1. circus

Alternative forms

• sirkus (Indonesian)

Further reading

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