manikam

From Malay manikam, from Classical Malay مانيکم (manikam), from Tamil மாணிக்கம் (māṇikkam), from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya).

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.ni.kam]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧kam

manikam (plural manikam-manikam)

1. gem; precious stone

• “manikam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Tamil மாணிக்கம் (māṇikkam), from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya).

• IPA^(key): /manikam/
• Rhymes: -kam, -am

manikam (Jawi spelling مانيکم, plural manikam-manikam)

1. gem; precious stone

   Jauhari juga yang mengenal manikam.

   It takes a jeweller to tell a gem.

• Indonesian: manikam

• “manikam”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017