serap
See also: şerap
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Malay serap, from Classical Malay serap, from Proto-Malayic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sêrap (base-imperative-colloquial)
- to absorb
- (linguistics) to borrow, to copy (words)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sèrap (first-person possessive serapku, second-person possessive serapmu, third-person possessive serapnya)
- Alternative spelling of serep
Further reading edit
- “serap” 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp. Cognate with Manggarai cerep.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
serap (Jawi spelling سرڤ)
- to absorb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: serap
Further reading edit
- “serap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سراب (serab), itself from Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb, “mirage”).
Noun edit
serap (definite accusative serabı, plural seraplar)
- mirage, an optical phenomenon giving the illusion of a body of water
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “serap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4151