sarong

English

WOTD – 23 August 2010

Sri Lankan man wearing a sarong.

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sarung.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈɹɒŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈɹɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /səˈɹɑŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

sarong (plural sarongs)

1. A garment made of a length of printed cloth wrapped about the waist that is commonly worn by men and women in South and Southeast Asia, also in the Pacific islands.

Synonyms

• (garment): lungi

Derived terms

• sarong party

Translations

garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist

• Afrikaans: sarong
• Arabic: صَارُون m (ṣārūn)
• Balinese: ᬲᬭᬸᬂ (sarung)
• Burmese: ထဘီ (my) (hta.bhi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紗籠／纱笼 (zh) (shālóng)

• Esperanto: sarongjupo
• Estonian: sarong
• Finnish: sarong
• French: sarong (fr) m, pagne (fr) m
• German: Sarong (de) m
• Hindi: सारोंग (sāroṅg)
• Indonesian: sarung (id)
• Japanese: サロン (ja) (saron)
• Javanese: ꦱꦫꦸꦁ (jv) (sarung)
• Korean: 사롱 (sarong)
• Malay: sarung (ms)
• Norwegian: sarong m
• Portuguese: sarongue (pt) m
• Russian: саро́нг (ru) m (saróng), сару́нг m (sarúng)
• Sinhalese: සරම (si) (sarama)
• Spanish: sarong m, pareo (es) m
• Sundanese: ᮞᮛᮥᮀ (sarung)
• Tamil: சாரம் (ta) (cāram)
• Thai: โสร่ง (th) (sà-ròong)
• Vietnamese: xà rông (vi)

Anagrams

• argons, rangos, Sargon, Rogans, groans, Organs, Garson, nagors, organs, Ragons, Garons, rags on, granos, orangs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Malay sarung.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

sarong (plural sarongs)

1. sarong

Cebuano

Etymology

From Malay sarung.

Noun

sarong

1. a sarong

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch saroeng, from Malay sarung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʁɔ̃ɡ/

• Audio:

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Noun

sarong m (plural sarongs)

1. sarong

Descendants

• → Romanian: sarong

Further reading

• “sarong”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• garons, rognas

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sarong

1. small waterpot

Karao

Etymology

From Malay sarung.

Noun

sarong

1. blanket worn by women in traditional dancing

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sarong, from Dutch saroeng, from Malay sarung.

Noun

sarong n (plural saronguri)

1. sarong

Declension

Declension of sarong

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sarong	sarongul	(niște) saronguri	sarongurile
genitive/dative	(unui) sarong	sarongului	(unor) saronguri	sarongurilor
vocative	sarongule		sarongurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch saroeng, Malay sarung.

Noun

sarong m (plural sarongs)

1. sarong

West Makian

Etymology

From Indonesian sarung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪a.roŋ/

Noun

sarong

1. a sheath, covering

   peda da sarong ― machete sheath

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics (as saroŋ)