syair

English

Etymology

From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”).

Noun

syair (plural syairs)

1. Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas

Anagrams

• Syria

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”). Doublet of sair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃaɪr]
• Hyphenation: sya‧ir

Noun

syair (plural syair-syair, first-person possessive syairku, second-person possessive syairmu, third-person possessive syairnya)

1. (archaic) poet.
2. syair: a Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas.
3. poem

   Synonyms: sajak, puisi

Alternative forms

• sair

Derived terms

• bersyair
• kepensyairan
• mensyair
• mensyairkan
• pensyair
• pesyair

 

Further reading

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