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salak¹

  • /səˈlæk/

Where it comes from

From Malay salak.

noun salaks

  1. Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
  2. Pear-shaped fruit of this palm; also called snake fruit.

Salak²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Polish Salak, Czech and Hungarian Salák and Slovak Šalák, all from a pet form of the name Salamon. Compare Solomon, Salomon.

proper noun Salaks

  1. A surname from Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak.

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noun salak palm

한국어살라크 sallakeu
日本語サラク saraku
DeutschSalakpalme

noun salak fruit

Españolfruta de serpiente
한국어살라크 sallakeu
日本語サラク saraku
中文蛇皮果 shépíguǒ
DeutschSchlangenfrucht, Salak
Italianosalacca
Русскийсалак salak

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@misc{salak_2026,
  title = {salak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}