rojak

English

Etymology

From Dutch roedjak, from Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (countable and uncountable, plural rojaks)

1. (cooking) A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
2. (Malaysia, slang, countable) A person of mixed ethnic heritage.

Derived terms

• Indian rojak

Further reading

• rojak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (Jawi spelling روجق, uncountable)

1. (cooking) rojak: A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
2. (colloquial, Indonesia) A mixture, mishmash.
   • Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Tan Bee Hoon, Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN

     "it meant a rojak (mishmash) of races"

Alternative forms

• rujak (Indonesian)

Descendants

• → English: rojak

Further reading

• "rojak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017