syair
English edit
Etymology edit
From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”).
Noun edit
syair (plural syairs)
- Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”). Doublet of sair.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
syair (plural syair-syair, first-person possessive syairku, second-person possessive syairmu, third-person possessive syairnya)
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Further reading edit
- “syair” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.