kerak

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈrak/
• Rhymes: -rak
• Hyphenation: kê‧rak

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kerak (“crust”). Doublet of karak.

Noun

kerak (plural kerak-kerak, first-person possessive kerakku, second-person possessive kerakmu, third-person possessive keraknya)

1. crust

Alternative forms

• karak

Derived terms

• berkerak
• mengerak
• pengerakan
• terkerak

 

• kerak bumi
• kerak gurun
• kerak nasi
• kerak pai
• kerak roti
• kerak telur

 

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

kerak (plural kerak-kerak, first-person possessive kerakku, second-person possessive kerakmu, third-person possessive keraknya)

1. scratching sound

Further reading

• “kerak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Noun

kerak (Jawi spelling کرق, plural kerak-kerak, informal 1st possessive kerakku, 2nd possessive kerakmu, 3rd possessive keraknya)

1. crust

Descendants

• Indonesian: kerak (“crust”)

Further reading

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

Uzbek

Etymology

Cognates

Azerbaijani gərək, Bashkir кәрәк (kərək), Turkmen gerek, Tatar кирәк (kiräk), Uyghur كېرەك (kërek), Chuvash кирлӗ (kirlĕ), Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Nogai, Shor, Karakalpak Karachay-Balkar Khakas, and Kumyk керек (kerek), Crimean Tatar and Khalaj kerek, Tuvan херек (xerek). Compare also the Turkish verb Turkish gerekmek.

Predicative

kerak

1. (it is) necessary