# pasir
## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pasir/
* Hyphenation: pa‧sir

### Noun

pasir
* sand (finely ground rock)

## Iban
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

### Noun

pasir
* sand

### References

* Scott, N. C. (1956) A Dictionary of Sea Dayak‎, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay pasir, from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”). Doublet of Paser.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈpasir/ [ˈpa.sɪr]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -asir
* Syllabification: pa‧sir

### Noun

pasir (plural pasir-pasir)
* sand (finely ground rock)

#### Derived terms

* berpasir (“sandy”)
* pasir besi (“iron sand”)
* (uncommon) pasir embus (“blowing sand, sandstorm”)
* pasir karang (“coral sand”)
* pasir melela (“bluish iron sand”)
* pasir minyak (“oil sand”)

### Further reading

* “pasir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kendayan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

### Noun

pasir
* sand

### References

* Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

## Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”). Cognate with Tagalog pasig (“a river that flows into the sea; sandy bank of a river”).

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /pase(r)/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /pasɪ(r)/
* Rhymes: -ase(r), -se(r), -e(r)

### Noun

pasir (Jawi spelling ڤاسير, plural pasir-pasir, informal 1st possessive pasirku, 2nd possessive pasirmu, 3rd possessive pasirnya)
* sand (finely ground rock)

#### Synonyms

* ramal / رامل

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: pasir
* → Chewong: pasir
* → Malagasy: fasika
* → Pangutaran Sama: pasil

### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ (“sandbank, shoal in river or sea”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pasir/

### Noun

pasir
* beach
    Synonyms: pasisi, sāgaratīra
* shore, river-bank
    Synonyms: kūla, pasisi, piṅgir, sāgaratīra, tambiṅ, taṭa, tatpāra, tĕmbiṅ, tīra, welā
* sea
    Synonyms: abdhi, arṇawa, ernawa, jaladhi, lahut, lod, pasisi, raktākāra, ratnakara, ratnadukara, sāgara, samudra, saraswat, sindhu, tasik, udadhi

#### Derived terms

* amasir
* pasir-pasir
* pasiran
* masir-wukir
* pasir wukir

#### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦥꦱꦶꦂ (pasir)

### References

* "pasir" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Sundanese
### Noun

pasir (Sundanese script ᮕᮞᮤᮁ)
* hill