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syair

syair noun: malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas.

Noun

syair (plural syairs)

  1. Malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas

Forms of syair

pluralsyairs

Origin of syair

From Malay syair, from Arabic شَاعِر (šāʕir, “poet”).

Questions about syair

What does syair mean?
Syair means malay poetry that is made up of four-line stanzas.
What part of speech is syair?
Syair is a noun.
What is the plural of syair?
The plural of syair is syairs.

Words near syair in the dictionary

  1. syabu
  2. syagush
  3. syagushes
  4. syah-gush
  5. syah-gushes
  6. syair
  7. syairs
  8. SyAM
  9. Syamantak
  10. syame
  11. Syamese

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