• burak

borak (uncountable)

1. A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun, traditionally used by the Sama-Bajau people of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

• aksi borak

• burak

borak

1. flower

• IPA^(key): /ˈborak/ [ˈbo.raʔ]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: bo‧rak

borak (Jawi spelling بورق)

1. (colloquial) to have friendly, informal conversation, usually about things that are not serious or unimportant, to chat.

   Synonyms: sembang, omong kosong

• Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎^[1], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 26

• "borak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.rak]
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔ.rak]

Borrowed from German Baracke. Doublet of barak.

borak m inan

1. (Far Masovian) shack, hut (temporary house in a forest)

From Bory Tucholskie + -ak.

borak m pers

1. (Chełmno) native or inhabitant of Bory Tucholskie (usually male)

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “borak”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 102
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “borak”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 128

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