pasir

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Compare Malay pasir.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pasir

1. sand (finely ground rock)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasɪr/

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• Rhymes: -asɪr, -sɪr, -ɪr

Noun

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

1. sand (finely ground rock)

Derived terms

• berpasir

 

• pasir ambang
• pasir besi
• pasir embus
• pasir gas
• pasir kaca
• pasir karang
• pasir kuarsa
• pasir layang
• pasir malang
• pasir melela
• pasir minyak
• pasir putih
• pasir semen
• pasir silika
• pasir vulkanik

 

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pase(r)/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pasɪ(r)/
• Rhymes: -ase(r), -se(r), -e(r)

Noun

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

1. sand (finely ground rock)

Synonyms

• ramal / رامل

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasir/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• amasir
• pasir-pasir
• pasiran

 

• masir-wukir
• pasir wukir

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦥꦱꦶꦂ (pasir)

Sundanese

Romanization

pasir

1. Romanization of ᮕᮞᮤᮁ