simak

See also: sımak and Šimák

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Alternative forms

• semak

Etymology

Inherited from Malay semak (“to listen; to check; to revise”), from Persian سمع (sam'), from Arabic اِسْمَعْ (ismaʕ), سَمْع (samʕ, “to hear; to listen; to learn, to be told”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsimaʔ/ [ˈsi.maʔ]
• Rhymes: -imaʔ
• Syllabification: si‧mak

Verb

simak

1. to listen

Derived terms

• disimak
• menyimak

Further reading

• “simak”, 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