kursi

kursi

1. course

• IPA^(key): /kursi/
• (Kedayan) IPA^(key): /kuusi/
• Hyphenation: kur‧si

kursi

1. Alternative form of kerusi (“chair”)

kursi

1. inflection of kursia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• kirsu, risku, ruksi

kursi

1. plural of kurso

Inherited from Malay kursi (Standard Malay kerusi (“chair”)), from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Compare to Baba Malay krosi, Javanese ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ (kursi).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊrsi]

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• Hyphenation: kur‧si

kursi (plural kursi-kursi, first-person possessive kursiku, second-person possessive kursimu, third-person possessive kursinya)

1. chair, seat:
   1. an item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

      Synonyms: seliri, bangku, dingklik

   2. (figurative) the seat or office of a person in authority.

      Synonyms: jabatan, kedudukan

• korsi (nonstandard)
• kerusi (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

• “kursi” 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.

kursi

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ

kursi

1. second-person singular future indicative of kurt

Ultimately from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsi/, [kuɾˈsi]

kursí (Jawi spelling كرسي)

1. chair; seat

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Doublet of kerusi.

kursi (informal 1st possessive kursiku, 2nd possessive kursimu, 3rd possessive kursinya)

1. (education) chair: a distinguished professorship at a university.

• “kursi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

kursi m

1. chair

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkursi/, [ˈkursʲi]
• Rhymes: -ursi
• Hyphenation: kur‧si

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kursi

1. A kind of bread traditionally eaten at weddings.

Borrowed from Russian курс (kurs).

kursi

1. (nautical) course (direction of movement)

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kursi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Malay kursi, from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.s̪i/

kursi

1. a chair

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics