urut

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noun

A traditional Malay massage which involves soft-tissue manipulation of the whole body to alleviate different types of conditions and ailments.

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Meanings

nounurut (plural uruts)

plural uruts

  1. A traditional Malay massage which involves soft-tissue manipulation of the whole body to alleviate different types of conditions and ailments.

    Me, I’m off for an urut session medicinal therapy for a bad back problem.

    2000 March 19, The New Paper, page 42
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    And if anyone in the Malay community has a sprain, a fractured or dislocated limb, or is plain tired, he or she immediately arranges for an urut.

    1978 November 1, Judith Holmberg, New Nation, page 10

    Since moving to Singapore in 1994, Ibu Tutik’s work as an Urut Lady has helped her support her family in Singapore as well as in Surabaya.

    2014, National Heritage Board

Origin

  1. Malayurut
  2. Malayurut
  3. Englishurut

Borrowed from Malay urut (“massage”).

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APA

urut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urut

MLA

“urut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urut.

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