parak

Compare Banjarese parak (“close”), Tenggarong Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Kota Bangun Kutai Malay parak (“close”).

parak

1. close

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.raʔ/
• Rhymes: -raʔ, -aʔ, -ʔ
• Hyphenation: pa‧rak

Inherited from Malay parak, from Arabic فَرْق‎ (farq). Semantic loan from Gayo [Term?] for the sense of exile.

parak (plural parak-parak, first-person possessive parakku, second-person possessive parakmu, third-person possessive paraknya)

1. separation

   Synonym: perpisahan

2. different

   Synonym: beda

3. space (between male and women)
4. exile (social punishment in Gayo)

   Synonym: pengasingan

Borrowed from Minangkabau parak, palak, polak, porak, poghak (“garden; orchard”).

parak (plural parak-parak, first-person possessive parakku, second-person possessive parakmu, third-person possessive paraknya)

1. garden

   Synonym: kebun

2. field

   Synonym: ladang

Compare Banjarese parak (“close”), Tenggarong Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Kota Bangun Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Javanese ꦥꦼꦫꦏ꧀, ꦥꦼꦉꦏ꧀ (perak, perek, “near, close”). Ultimately from Old Javanese prĕk, *prak (“pressed close”).

parak

1. close

   Synonyms: dekat, hampir

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

Compare Banjarese parak (“close”), Tenggarong Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Kota Bangun Kutai Malay parak (“close”).

parak

1. close

• parat – slang: police officer

• Hyphenation: pa‧rak
• IPA^(key): /paˈɾak/, [pɐˈɾak]

Borrowed from Cebuano parak (“fat and round person; police officer”).

parák

1. (slang) police officer; cop; pig

   Synonyms: (slang) alat, (slang) lespu, pulis

parák

1. meaningless; senseless

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

• “parak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Compare Banjarese parak (“close”), Tenggarong Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Kota Bangun Kutai Malay parak (“close”).

parak

1. close