"samseng" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: samsengs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} samseng (plural samsengs)
  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A thug; a gangster. Tags: Malaysia, Singapore

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈsamsɛŋ/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈsam.sɛŋ] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: samseng-samseng [plural]
Rhymes: -amsɛŋ Etymology: From Malay samseng, from Chinese Hokkien 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”). Etymology templates: {{inh|id|ms|samseng}} Malay samseng, {{der|id|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|id|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|三牲|gloss=gangster|lit=three domestic animals|tr=sam-seng, sam-sng}} 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”) Head templates: {{id-noun}} samseng (plural samseng-samseng)
  1. warrior Synonyms: jagoan, pendekar
    Sense id: en-samseng-id-noun-~7KRAyg7 Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Indonesian entries with incorrect language header: 60 40

Verb [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈsamsəŋ/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈsam.səŋ] [Standard-Indonesian]
Rhymes: -amsəŋ Etymology: From Malay samseng, from Chinese Hokkien 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”). Etymology templates: {{inh|id|ms|samseng}} Malay samseng, {{der|id|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|id|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|三牲|gloss=gangster|lit=three domestic animals|tr=sam-seng, sam-sng}} 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”) Head templates: {{id-verb}} samseng
  1. to mourn the dead Synonyms: melayat
    Sense id: en-samseng-id-verb-7S8LWpty Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71

Noun [Malay]

IPA: /ˈsamsəŋ/, [ˈsam.səŋ] Forms: سمسيڠ [Jawi], samseng-samseng [plural]
Rhymes: -eŋ Etymology: From Hokkien 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|三牲|gloss=gangster|lit=three domestic animals|tr=sam-seng, sam-sng}} 三牲 (sam-seng, sam-sng, “gangster”, literally “three domestic animals”) Head templates: {{ms-noun|j=سمسيڠ}} samseng (Jawi spelling سمسيڠ, plural samseng-samseng)
  1. thug; gangster Wikipedia link: ms:samseng
    Sense id: en-samseng-ms-noun-X1ads2Gf Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          ],
          "english": "Your Honor (Willie Mongin) doesn't deserve to sit here, gangster. What do you want? You want to fight with me? Anytime.",
          "ref": "2018, Bung Moktar Radin, “Waktu Mesyuarat dan Urusan Dibebaskan Daripada Peraturan Mesyuarat”, in Hansard of the Dewan Rakyat, archived from the original on 2023-10-16, page 41:",
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        "Malay terms derived from Hokkien",
        "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Malay terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Malay/eŋ",
        "Rhymes:Malay/eŋ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              56,
              64
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              42,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Your Honor (Willie Mongin) doesn't deserve to sit here, gangster. What do you want? You want to fight with me? Anytime.",
          "ref": "2018, Bung Moktar Radin, “Waktu Mesyuarat dan Urusan Dibebaskan Daripada Peraturan Mesyuarat”, in Hansard of the Dewan Rakyat, archived from the original on 2023-10-16, page 41:",
          "text": "Yang Berhormat tidak layak duduk di sini, samseng. What you want? You hendak gaduh dengan saya? Anytime.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thug; gangster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thug",
          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "gangster",
          "gangster"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ms:samseng"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsamsəŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsam.səŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "samseng"
}

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