Etymology

syair

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Today it means: Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas Full definition →

Malay syair ← Arabic شَاعِر
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromشَاعِر“poet”
  2. Malay · borrowed fromsyair
  3. English todaysyair

From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”).

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