# merak
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* marak — dialectal

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

### Noun

merak m (plural merake, definite meraku) (colloquial)
* great curiosity
    Synonym: kureshtje
* desire, yearning, craving for something
    Synonyms: dëshirë, gjakim
* great worry, concern, anxiety, uneasiness
    Synonym: shqetësim
* love, passion
    Synonyms: dashuri, sevda
* care, attention, concern
    Synonym: kujdes
* fear, insecurity
    Synonyms: frikë, pasiguri, dyshim
* doubt, suspicion
    Synonym: dyshim
* regret
    Synonyms: peng, gozhdë

#### Derived terms

* merakleshë
* merakli
* merakos
* merakshëm

### References

* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “marák”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 260
* ↑ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “merak”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 305

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay merak, from Classical Malay [Term?], from Aslian.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

merak
* peafowl

## Javanese
### Noun

merak
* peacock

## Ladino
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

### Noun

merak m (Hebrew spelling מיראק)
* concern; worry
    Synonyms: merekia, preokupasión
** 1999, David M. Bunis, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, Voices from Jewish Salonika‎, Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 608:Ich merak no se tome, Tio Ezrá; ni eya, Tia Benuta, no se meraklee del todo (saltó Semayá ke avia sentido la konversasyón).Uncle Ezrá has no worry about anything; neither does Aunt Benuta worry about everything. [Semayá left, having heard the conversation.]
* sadness
    Synonyms: tristeza, tristura
** 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 120:La semana kon sys afanes i lavoros, kon sus merakes i alegrias, pasava markada del kolpo de kanon dando dos vezes al dia la ora a la turka.The week with its work and labour, with its sadnesses and joys, was passing marked with a cannon blast going off twice daily and hourly at the Turk.

#### Derived terms

* meraklanear

### References

* ↑ “merak”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from an Austroasiatic language. Compare Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), from Old Mon mrek (“peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Old Javanese mrak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mərak/, [məraʔ]
* Rhymes: -rak, -ak

### Noun

merak (Jawi spelling مرق, plural merak-merak, informal 1st possessive merakku, 2nd possessive merakmu, 3rd possessive meraknya)
* A peafowl.
* The peacock flower.

#### Compounds

* merak biru
* merak hijau
* merak hutan
* merak pongsu

### Further reading

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /měraːk/
* Hyphenation: me‧rak

### Noun

mèrāk m (Cyrillic spelling мѐра̄к)
* Desire, yearning, and enjoyment thereof
* Enjoyment of the simple things in life

#### Declension
### References

* “merak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meɾɑːk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: me‧rak

### Noun

merak (definite accusative merakı, plural meraklar)
* curiosity
* solicitude
* worry

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
merak
meraklar
definite accusative
merakı
merakları
dative
meraka
meraklara
locative
merakta
meraklarda
ablative
meraktan
meraklardan
genitive
merakın
merakların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
merakım
meraklarım
2nd singular
merakın
merakların
3rd singular
merakı
merakları
1st plural
merakımız
meraklarımız
2nd plural
merakınız
meraklarınız
3rd plural
merakları
merakları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
merakımı
meraklarımı
2nd singular
merakını
meraklarını
3rd singular
merakını
meraklarını
1st plural
merakımızı
meraklarımızı
2nd plural
merakınızı
meraklarınızı
3rd plural
meraklarını
meraklarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
merakıma
meraklarıma
2nd singular
merakına
meraklarına
3rd singular
merakına
meraklarına
1st plural
merakımıza
meraklarımıza
2nd plural
merakınıza
meraklarınıza
3rd plural
meraklarına
meraklarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
merakımda
meraklarımda
2nd singular
merakında
meraklarında
3rd singular
merakında
meraklarında
1st plural
merakımızda
meraklarımızda
2nd plural
merakınızda
meraklarınızda
3rd plural
meraklarında
meraklarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
merakımdan
meraklarımdan
2nd singular
merakından
meraklarından
3rd singular
merakından
meraklarından
1st plural
merakımızdan
meraklarımızdan
2nd plural
merakınızdan
meraklarınızdan
3rd plural
meraklarından
meraklarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
merakımın
meraklarımın
2nd singular
merakının
meraklarının
3rd singular
merakının
meraklarının
1st plural
merakımızın
meraklarımızın
2nd plural
merakınızın
meraklarınızın
3rd plural
meraklarının
meraklarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
merakım
meraklarım
2nd singular
meraksın
meraklarsın
3rd singular
merak meraktır
meraklar meraklardır
1st plural
merakız
meraklarız
2nd plural
meraksınız
meraklarsınız
3rd plural
meraklar
meraklardır :

#### Derived terms

* meraklı