Etymology

shiok

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Today it means: Delightful, pleasurable. Full definition →

Malay syok
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The story

  1. Malay · borrowed fromsyok“pleasing; attractive”
  2. English todayshiok

Borrowed from Malay syok (“pleasing; attractive”). Doublet of shoke. Cognate with Punjabi ਸ਼ੌਕ (śauk, “eagerness; hobby”).

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