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carik.

tear

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈt͡ʃarik/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt͡ʃa.rɪk̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. tear

Where this word comes from

From Malay carik.

noun/ˈt͡ʃarik/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt͡ʃa.rɪk̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. clerk

    dialectal
  2. rice field, paddy field, rice paddy

  3. bridesmaids in a traditional Javanese wedding procession usually consist of several people appointed by the family to accompany the procession, their positions are behind the bride's parents.

Where this word comes from

From Javanese ꦕꦫꦶꦏ꧀ (carik, “secretary, clerk; hand-worked batik; sawah”), from Old Javanese carik (“scratch, groove, line”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *crak, *criək (“to incise, to engrave”).

classifier/ˈt͡ʃarik/Standard-Indonesian[ˈt͡ʃa.rɪk̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. classifier for paper, sheet, etc

Where this word comes from

From Malay carik.

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