different between salaf vs salak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (salaf, “predecessor”).

Noun

salaf (plural salafs)

1. (Islam) One of the earliest Muslims, including Muhammad's companions and followers.

Anagrams

• alfas, fa-las, falsa

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Malay salak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??læk/

Noun

salak (plural salaks)

1. The palm Salacca zalacca, native to Indonesia; also called salak palm.
2. The pear-shaped fruit of this palm; also called snake fruit.

Translations

Anagrams

• Laska, laksa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?lak

Noun

salak

1. the Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sala?/
• Rhymes: -ala?, -la?, -a?

Etymology 1

Noun

salak (Jawi spelling ?????, plural salak-salak, informal 1st possessive salakku, impolite 2nd possessive salakmu, 3rd possessive salaknya)

1. salak (fruit)

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

salak (Jawi spelling ????, used in the form menyalak)

1. to bark (to make a loud noise (dogs))

Synonyms

• gonggong / ???????

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

Recorded during Ottoman Turkish ????? (salak, “penis exposer; penis; a kind of weapon with balls”), derived from Ottoman Turkish ?????? (sal-, “to release, free, throw”). See Turkish salmak. Ni?anyan thinks the word went through semantic extension perhaps under now Turkish slang saloz (“stupid”), a borrowing from Greek ????? (salós, “fool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??l?k]
• Hyphenation: sa?lak

Adjective

salak (comparative daha salak, superlative en salak)

1. foolish, stupidish

Declension

Noun

salak (definite accusative sala??, plural salaklar)

1. fool, someone stupid, idiot.

Declension

Derived terms

• salakça
• salakl?k
• salakla?mak

Related terms

• salmak

See also

• aptal
• bön
• enayi
• andaval

References