sarapan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed sarap +‎ -an, from Malay sarapan (“breakfast”).

• Verbal usage as "to eat breakfast" is a semantic loan from Javanese sarapan (ꦱꦫꦥꦤ꧀).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈrap̚an/
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

sarapan (first-person possessive sarapanku, second-person possessive sarapanmu, third-person possessive sarapannya)

1. breakfast (first meal of the day)

   Synonym: makan pagi

2. (rare) lining

   Synonyms: alas, lapik

Verb

sarapan

1. (colloquial) to eat breakfast

   Synonyms: menyarap, sarap

Further reading

• “sarapan” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

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Noun

sarapan (Jawi spelling سارڤن, plural sarapan-sarapan, informal 1st possessive sarapanku, 2nd possessive sarapanmu, 3rd possessive sarapannya)

1. breakfast (first meal of the day)

Derived terms

• bersarapan (“to eat/have breakfast”)

Further reading

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