serikat

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) sarekat
• syarikat

Etymology

From Malay syarikat, serikat, from Classical Malay شريكت (syarikat), سريكت (serikat), from Arabic شَرِكَة (šarika). Doublet of syarikat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈrikat/, [səˈri.kat̪]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ri‧kat

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Noun

sêrikat (first-person possessive serikatku, second-person possessive serikatmu, third-person possessive serikatnya)

1. union, association, league

   Synonyms: persekutuan, perkumpulan

   Amerika Serikat ― United States of America (literally, “The Union of America”)

2. partnership, company

   Synonyms: persekutuan, perseroan

3. ally, confederate

   Synonyms: sekutu, kawan

Derived terms

• Amerika Serikat
• berserikat
• menyerikati
• menyerikatkan
• perserikatan
• serikat buruh
• serikat mahasiswa
• serikat pekerja

 

Further reading

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