merak

• marak — dialectal

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).[1][2]

merak m (plural merake, definite meraku) (colloquial)

1. great curiosity

   Synonym: kureshtje

2. desire, yearning, craving for something

   Synonyms: dëshirë, gjakim

3. great worry, concern, anxiety, uneasiness

   Synonym: shqetësim

4. love, passion

   Synonyms: dashuri, sevda

5. care, attention, concern

   Synonym: kujdes

6. fear, insecurity

   Synonyms: frikë, pasiguri, dyshim

7. doubt, suspicion

   Synonym: dyshim

8. regret

   Synonyms: peng, gozhdë

• “merak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980

From Malay merak, from Classical Malay [Term?], from Aslian.

merak

1. peafowl

merak

1. peacock

Borrowed from an Austroasiatic language. Compare Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), from Old Mon mrek (“peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Old Javanese mrak.

• IPA^(key): /mərak/, [məraʔ]
• Rhymes: -rak, -ak

merak (Jawi spelling مرق, plural merak-merak, informal 1st possessive merakku, 2nd possessive merakmu, 3rd possessive meraknya)

1. A peafowl.
2. The peacock flower.

• “merak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

• IPA^(key): /měraːk/
• Hyphenation: me‧rak

mèrāk m (Cyrillic spelling мѐра̄к)

1. Desire, yearning, and enjoyment thereof
2. Enjoyment of the simple things in life

• “merak” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

• IPA^(key): /meɾɑːk/

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• Hyphenation: me‧rak

merak (definite accusative merakı, plural meraklar)

1. curiosity
2. solicitude
3. worry

• meraklı