ꦥꦺꦫꦏ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese pirak, from Malay pirak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], of Khmeric origin (compare to Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak, “silver”)).

Noun

ꦥꦺꦫꦏ꧀ (pérak)

1. silver

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “perak”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN