serap

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.

• IPA^(key): [səˈrap̚]
• Hyphenation: sê‧rap

sêrap (base-imperative-colloquial)

1. to absorb
2. (linguistics) to borrow, to copy (words)

• sêrêp

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛrap̚]
• Hyphenation: sè‧rap

sèrap (first-person possessive serapku, second-person possessive serapmu, third-person possessive serapnya)

1. Alternative spelling of serep

• “serap” 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.

From Proto-Malayic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *sərəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *səʀəp. Cognate with Manggarai cerep.

• IPA^(key): /sərap/
• Rhymes: -ərap, -rap, -ap

serap (Jawi spelling سرڤ)

1. to absorb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence)

• Indonesian: serap

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

From Ottoman Turkish سراب (serab), itself from Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb, “mirage”).

serap (definite accusative serabı, plural seraplar)

1. mirage, an optical phenomenon giving the illusion of a body of water

• serabistan

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “serap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4151