kelasi

From Malay kelasi, from Classical Malay kelasi (“sailor”), from Persian خلاصی‎ (xalâsi, “sailor”). Cognate of English khalasi.

• IPA^(key): [kəˈla.si]
• Hyphenation: ke‧la‧si

kêlasi (first-person possessive kelasiku, second-person possessive kelasimu, third-person possessive kelasinya)

1. (obsolete) sailor, one who mans a ship.

   Synonym: matros

2. (military) seaman
   1. (Indonesia) lowest rank group in the Navy, below corporal (kopral), consist of three levels: seaman recruit (kelasi dua), seaman apprentice (kelasi satu) and seaman (kelasi kepala)
   2. a person of the lowest rank in the British Navy, below able seaman.
   3. an enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
   4. a person of the lowest rank in the Navy

• “kelasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.