serah

Inherited from Malay serah, from Old Javanese srah, from Sanskrit श्रः (śraḥ). Doublet of pasrah.

• IPA^(key): /səˈrah/, [səˈrah]

sêrah (plural serah-serah)

1. surrender, giving up
2. handover

sêrah

1. basic form of menyerah (“to give up”)
2. to turn over, to transfer

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.rah/, [ˈse.rah]

serah (comparative lebih serah, superlative paling serah)

1. alternative spelling of sirah

serah (plural serah-serah)

1. alternative spelling of sirah

• IPA^(key): /səˈrah/, [səˈrah]

sêrah

1. alternative spelling of sera

• “serah”, 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

From Old Javanese srah, from Sanskrit श्रः (śraḥ). Doublet of pasrah.

• IPA^(key): /səˈrah/ [səˈrah]
• Rhymes: -rah, -ah
• Hyphenation: se‧rah

serah (Jawi spelling سره)

1. to hand over; to give; to submit (to transfer to someone's care or control).

   Synonyms: beri, serahkan

   Sila serah borang ini kepada kerani.

   Please hand over this form to the clerk.

   Saya serah kunci rumah kepada ayah.

   I gave the house keys to father.

2. to surrender; to yield; to give up.

   Synonyms: tunduk, kalah

   Penjenayah itu serah diri kepada polis.

   The criminal surrendered himself to the police.

• In formal written Malay, the affixed forms menyerahkan (to hand over/submit) and menyerah (to surrender) are much more frequently used than the bare root word.

• > Indonesian: serah (inherited)

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