Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

songkok

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: songkok
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Asian cap resembling a fez, worn mostly by male Muslims.

Example Sentences

"He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea."
"Short and thick set, he almost invariably dressed in a Western business suit or a safari jacket once he gave up his military uniform, and a black songkok, the flat traditional Indonesian cap."

Etymology

From Malay songkok.

Word Breakdown

Root: songkok

Inflected Forms

songkoks (plural)

Questions

What does songkok mean?: An Asian cap resembling a fez, worn mostly by male Muslims.
Where does songkok come from?: From Malay songkok.

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