syif

Borrowed from English shift, from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”).

• IPA^(key): [ʃef]
• Rhymes: -if
• Hyphenation: syif

syif (Jawi spelling شيف, plural syif-syif)

1. A shift:
   1. Group that works (at factories, etc.) in turn with other groups.
   2. Scheduled period of work.

      Saya berani bekerja syif siang sahaja.

      I'm brave enough to work day shifts only.

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