rojak

English

Etymology

From Dutch roedjak, from Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (countable and uncountable, plural rojaks)

1. (cooking) A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
2. (Malaysia, slang) A person of mixed ethnic heritage.

Further reading

• rojak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦫꦸꦗꦏ꧀ (rujak), from Old Javanese rujak.

Noun

rojak (Jawi spelling روجق, informal 1st possessive rojakku, 2nd possessive rojakmu, 3rd possessive rojaknya)

1. (cooking) rojak: A traditional Malaysian and Indonesian salad of mixed raw fruits and vegetables served with a sauce.
2. (colloquial, Indonesia) A mixture, mishmash.
   • Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Tan Bee Hoon, Critical Perspectives on Language and Discourse in the New World Order, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, →ISBN

     "it meant a rojak (mishmash) of races"

Alternative forms

• rujak (Indonesian)

Descendants

• → English: rojak

Further reading

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