perak

From Malay perak, from earlier pirak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *prak, *praʔ (“silver”) origin (compare to Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak, “silver”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.rak/

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• Rhymes: -rak, -ak, -k
• Hyphenation: pe‧rak

pèrak (first-person possessive perakku, second-person possessive perakmu, third-person possessive peraknya)

1. silver (metal)

   Synonyms: argentum, selaka

2. (colloquial) coin, rupiah

• “perak” 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.

• pirak
• Perak

From earlier pirak, from Proto-Malayic *pirak. Also possibly of Khmeric origin.[1] Compare Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer prak ~ prāk (“silver”), from the root pak ~ pāk (“to break”) with infix <r>, whence Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak) and បាក់ (pak).

• IPA^(key): [peraʔ]
• Rhymes: -eraʔ, -raʔ, -aʔ

perak (Jawi spelling ڤيرق, informal 1st possessive perakku, 2nd possessive perakmu, 3rd possessive peraknya)

1. silver (metal)

• argentum / ارݢينتوم
• fidah / فضة

• Indonesian: perak
• → Tagalog: pilak

From Proto-Philippine [Term?] (compare Tagalog pilak), from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], of Khmeric origin.

perak

1. silver (metal)