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serang.

to attack

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to attack

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay serang.

noun/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. front of the jukung (“a kind of boat”).

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Madurese [Term?].

root/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. increase

    morpheme
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

adj/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. dazzled

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

adj/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. wide

    dialectal
  2. coarse

    dialectal
  3. sparse

    dialectal
  4. diffuse, thin

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay serang (“wide-meshed; sparse”).

noun/səˈraŋ/Standard-Indonesian[səˈraŋ]Standard-Indonesian
  1. boatswain, officer of a sailing ship

  2. boatswain, the petty officer of a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

Where this word comes from

From Persian سرهنگ (sarhang, “commander”).

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