parak

From Javanese parĕk, from Old Javanese parĕk (“nearness, closeness”). Compare Tenggarong Kutai Malay parak (“close”), Kota Bangun Kutai Malay parak (“close”).

parak

1. close, near

• 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)

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)

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 (comparative lebih parak, superlative paling parak)

1. (dialectal, Kalimantan) close

   Synonyms: dekat, hampir

• “parak” 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.

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

parak

1. close

• parat — slang: police officer

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈɾak/ [pɐˈɾak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: pa‧rak

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

parák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜃ᜔)

1. (slang) police officer; cop; pig

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

parák (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜃ᜔)

1. meaningless; senseless

• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

• “parak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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

parak

1. close