Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Compare Malay pasir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pasir/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧sir

Noun

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pasir

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay pasir, from Classical Malay pasir, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiR (sandbank, shoal in river or sea).

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pasir (first-person possessive pasirku, second-person possessive pasirmu, third-person possessive pasirnya)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

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Malay

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Etymology

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From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiR (sandbank, shoal in river or sea). Cognate with Tagalog pasig (a river that flows into the sea; sandy bank of a river).

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pasir (Jawi spelling ڤاسير, plural pasir-pasir, informal 1st possessive pasirku, 2nd possessive pasirmu, 3rd possessive pasirnya)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: pasir
  • Chewong: pasir
  • Malagasy: fasika

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Old Javanese

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Etymology

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From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiR (sandbank, shoal in river or sea).

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Noun

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pasir

  1. beach
    Synonyms: pasisi, sāgaratīra
  2. shore, river-bank
    Synonyms: kūla, pasisi, piṅgir, sāgaratīra, tambiṅ, taṭa, tatpāra, tĕmbiṅ, tīra, welā
  3. sea
    Synonyms: abdhi, arṇawa, ernawa, jaladhi, lahut, lod, pasisi, raktākāra, ratnakara, ratnadukara, sāgara, samudra, saraswat, sindhu, tasik, udadhi

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Sundanese

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Romanization

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pasir

  1. Romanization of ᮕᮞᮤᮁ