"cari" meaning in Malay

See cari in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃari/ (note: Baku, /a/-variety), [ˈt͡ʃa.ri] (note: Baku, /a/-variety), /ˈt͡ʃarik/ (note: schwa-variety), [ˈt͡ʃa.riʔ] (note: schwa-variety) Audio: Ms-MY-cari.ogg Forms: چاري [Jawi], mencari [active], dicari [passive, third-person]
Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i, -ariʔ, -riʔ, -iʔ Head templates: {{ms-verb|b|j=چاري}} cari (Jawi spelling چاري, active mencari, third-person passive dicari)
  1. to search, to look for, to seek Synonyms: telusuri Derived forms (Affixations): carian (english: search), pencarian (english: act of seaching, looking or finding), tercari Derived forms (Compounds): cari pasal (english: asking for trouble;playing with fire)
    Sense id: en-cari-ms-verb-Sp8bAG9m Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "inherited"
      ],
      "word": "cari"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "چاري",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mencari",
      "tags": [
        "active"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicari",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "j": "چاري"
      },
      "expansion": "cari (Jawi spelling چاري, active mencari, third-person passive dicari)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "ri"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "search",
          "sense": "Affixations",
          "translation": "search",
          "word": "carian"
        },
        {
          "english": "act of seaching, looking or finding",
          "sense": "Affixations",
          "translation": "act of seaching, looking or finding",
          "word": "pencarian"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Affixations",
          "word": "tercari"
        },
        {
          "english": "asking for trouble;playing with fire",
          "sense": "Compounds",
          "translation": "asking for trouble;playing with fire",
          "word": "cari pasal"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search, to look for, to seek"
      ],
      "id": "en-cari-ms-verb-Sp8bAG9m",
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "telusuri"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃari/",
      "note": "Baku, /a/-variety"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ri]",
      "note": "Baku, /a/-variety"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-cari.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Ms-MY-cari.ogg/Ms-MY-cari.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Ms-MY-cari.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ari"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ri"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃarik/",
      "note": "schwa-variety"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.riʔ]",
      "note": "schwa-variety"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ariʔ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-riʔ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cari"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "search",
      "sense": "Affixations",
      "translation": "search",
      "word": "carian"
    },
    {
      "english": "act of seaching, looking or finding",
      "sense": "Affixations",
      "translation": "act of seaching, looking or finding",
      "word": "pencarian"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Affixations",
      "word": "tercari"
    },
    {
      "english": "asking for trouble;playing with fire",
      "sense": "Compounds",
      "translation": "asking for trouble;playing with fire",
      "word": "cari pasal"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "inherited"
      ],
      "word": "cari"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "چاري",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mencari",
      "tags": [
        "active"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dicari",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "j": "چاري"
      },
      "expansion": "cari (Jawi spelling چاري, active mencari, third-person passive dicari)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "ri"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay 2-syllable words",
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Malay verbs",
        "Pages with 14 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ari",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ari/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ariʔ",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ariʔ/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Malay/i",
        "Rhymes:Malay/i/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Malay/iʔ",
        "Rhymes:Malay/iʔ/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ri",
        "Rhymes:Malay/ri/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Malay/riʔ",
        "Rhymes:Malay/riʔ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search, to look for, to seek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "telusuri"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃari/",
      "note": "Baku, /a/-variety"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.ri]",
      "note": "Baku, /a/-variety"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-cari.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/Ms-MY-cari.ogg/Ms-MY-cari.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Ms-MY-cari.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ari"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ri"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-i"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃarik/",
      "note": "schwa-variety"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃa.riʔ]",
      "note": "schwa-variety"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ariʔ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-riʔ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cari"
}

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