menak

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”) (compare Javanese ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”, literally “comfortable”), Balinese ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”)), from Old Javanese menak (“nobleman”). By surface analysis, meng- +‎ enak (“delicious; comfortable, pleasant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.nak/
• Rhymes: -nak
• Hyphenation: me‧nak

menak (plural menak-menak, first-person possessive menakku, second-person possessive menakmu, third-person possessive menaknya)

1. noble, nobleman

   Synonyms: bangsawan, ningrat, priayi

• “menak” 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.

Affixed (m)aN- +‎ inak (“well-being, peace, ease, enjoyment, satisfaction, easy (smooth, untroubled) course”).

• IPA^(key): /menak/

menak

1. at ease, relieved, satisfied
2. easy, smooth, untroubled
3. pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, convenient, preferable

• enak

• Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “comfortable”)

menak

1. noble, nobleman

• Javanese: ꦩꦺꦤꦏ꧀ (ménak, “obsolete title for a nobleman”)
• → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬦᬓ᭄ (ménak, “pleasant person; nobility”)
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮦᮔᮊ᮪ (ménak, “nobility”)