nasi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay nasi.

Etymology 2

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Wikipedia

Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيء (nasīʔ, literally “postponement”).

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Anagrams

• anis, Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, Sina, nais, Sian, AINs, Anis, ISNA, Sain, Nias, sian, sain, as in, ains, Isan, NIAS

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nasi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi. Cognate of Old Malay nasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nasi/
• Hyphenation: na‧si

Noun

nasi

1. cooked rice

See also

• baras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)

Etymology

From Indonesian nasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.si/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: na‧si
• Rhymes: -ɑsi

Noun

nasi m (uncountable)

1. Indonesian-style processed rice (mainly about fried rice in general)
   1. nasi goreng: Indonesian fried rice (originally from Javanese cuisine)

Etymology

From Malay nasi, from Proto-Malayic *nasi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: na‧si

Noun

nasi (first-person possessive nasiku, second-person possessive nasimu, third-person possessive nasinya)

1. nasi, cooked rice
2. (figuratively) livelihood, luck, fortune

See also

• beras (“uncooked rice”)
• padi (“unmilled rice”)
• sawah (“paddy field”)

Further reading

• “nasi” 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.

Noun

nasi m

1. plural of naso

Anagrams

• ansi, sani

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nasi. Compare Malay nasi, and Old Javanese nasi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnasiʔ/ [ˈnäː.siʔ]
• Hyphenation: na‧si

Noun

násî

1. cooked rice

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.siː/, [ˈnäːs̠iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.si/, [ˈnäːs̬i]

Noun

nāsī

1. inflection of nāsus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nasi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *in-asi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi₃.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na.siʔ], [na.si]
• Rhymes: -iʔ, -i
• Hyphenation: na‧si

Noun

nasi (Jawi spelling ناسي, plural nasi-nasi, informal 1st possessive nasiku, 2nd possessive nasimu, 3rd possessive nasinya)

1. (uncountable) Rice cooked by either steaming or boiling; cooked rice.
2. (countable) A white-coloured pimple; a whitehead.

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ناسي nasi”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 138
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ناسي nasi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 669
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nasi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 165

Further reading

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