Bahasa Melayu

surai

Bahasa Melayu

English

dissolve, disperse, disband

Surai means to cause a group to break up and scatter.

سوراي

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Selepas hujan berhenti, orang ramai itu pun surai.

    After the rain stopped, the crowd dispersed.

  2. Guru itu meminta murid-murid surai dengan tertib.

    The teacher asked the students to disperse in an orderly way.

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What does “disperse” mean in Malay?

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surai

Here, surai means to cause a group to break up and scatter.

Word family

Common derived forms

menyuraikan
to disperse something; to scatter something

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.