syair
English
Etymology
From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʿir, “poet”).
Noun
syair (plural syairs)
- Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas
Anagrams
- Syria
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʿir, “poet”). Doublet of sair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃaɪr]
- Hyphenation: sya‧ir
Noun
syair (plural syair-syair, first-person possessive syairku, second-person possessive syairmu, third-person possessive syairnya)
- (archaic) poet.
- syair: a Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas.
- poem
- Synonyms: sajak, puisi
Alternative forms
- sair
Derived terms
- bersyair
- kepensyairan
- mensyair
- mensyairkan
- pensyair
- pesyair
Further reading
- “syair” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.