Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃaˈrikat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: sya‧ri‧kat

Noun

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sêrikat (plural syarikat-syarikat)

  1. Alternative spelling of serikat.

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of serikat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʃa.ri.kat]
  • Rhymes: -kat, -at
  • Hyphenation: sya‧ri‧kat

Noun

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syarikat (Jawi spelling شريکت, plural syarikat-syarikat, informal 1st possessive syarikatku, 2nd possessive syarikatmu, 3rd possessive syarikatnya)

  1. A company (legal business entity).
    Synonyms: firma, kompeni (informal), perusahaan
  2. (in certain proper nouns) A federation or union (of states, etc.).
    Synonyms: persekutuan, perkumpulan, gabungan
    Amerika SyarikatUnited States of America (lit. "Union of America")
  3. (rare) An alliance between nations (during wartime).
    Synonyms: perikatan, persekutuan
  4. (obsolete) A society or association.
    Synonyms: pertubuhan, persatuan

Affixations

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Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: syarikat

References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “شريكة sjarikah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 42
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “شريكة sharikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 434
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “sharikat”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 465

Further reading

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