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surai (Jawi spellingسوراي,pluralsurai-surai)

1. mane of horses, lions
2. tresses,locks,fringe

menyurai

1. tocomb one's hair with one's fingers
   1. to dress up one's hair

bersurai

1. toloosen, tofray, toshred
2. tobreak up, todisperse
3. todismiss (of meetings, classes)

surai

1. frayed,shredded

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “سوري surai”, inA Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page419
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “surai”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page507

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

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