pasrah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpasrah/ [ˈpas.rah]
• Rhymes: -asrah
• Syllabification: pas‧rah

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese pasrah, from root Sanskrit श्रः (śraḥ).

Verb

pasrah

1. to surrender, resign oneself; to accept something (usually negative) without resistance
   • 2020 September 4, Okezone‎:

     Setelah itu pelaku mengancam korban pakai pisau sehingga pasrah diperkosa.

     After that, the perpetrator threatened the victim with a knife so that she surrendered to being raped.

Derived terms

• berpasrah
• kepasrahan
• memasrahi
• memasrahkan
• pemasrahan

Related terms

• serah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Osing [Term?].

Noun

pasrah (plural pasrah-pasrah)

1. (dialect) grater that has fairly large holes

Further reading

• “pasrah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Etymology

srah +‎ pa-.

Verb

pasrah

1. to give up
2. to return,
3. to yield up.

Derived terms

• dipasrahaké
• dipasrahi
• masrahaké
• masrahi

• pasrah ngalah
• pasrah pati urip

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pasrah

Further reading

• “pasrah”, in Javanese-Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.