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==Etymology== The word ''sepak'' is [[Malay language|Malay]] ([[Jawi script|Jawi]]: سيڨق) for kick while the word ''takraw'' is of [[Thai language|Thai]] ([[Thai script|Thai]]: ตะกร้อ) origin, translated as muzzle or woven [[rattan]] ball.<ref>{{cite patent | inventor-last =Lorhpipat | inventor-first =Boonchai | inventor-last2 =Lorpipatana | inventor-first2 =Boonsakdi | fdate = 1994-09-24 | title =Takraw Balls | country-code =US | patent-number =5566937 }}</ref> "Sepak Takraw" quite literally means "to kick a rattan ball".<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/sepak_takraw| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231116/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/sepak_takraw| url-status=dead| archive-date=18 September 2018|title=sepak takraw {{!}} Definition of sepak takraw in US English by Oxford Dictionaries| website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English| access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref> The choice of this name for the sport was essentially a compromise between Malaysia and Thailand in Kuala Lumpur in 1960.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9a8ykrpScKcC&dq=sepak+takraw+1960+malay+thai&pg=PA126|title=Badminton : An Illustrated History - From ancient pastime to Olympic sport|publisher=Editions Publibook|isbn=978-2-7483-8108-5|language=en}}</ref> In the past, it was called "Sepak Raga Jaring" in Malaysia,<ref name="OCASIA"/> after the term "Jaring", meaning net in Malay, was added to the traditional "Sepak Raga" game when it was created by Hamid Mydin in Penang in 1945. In Thailand, it is simply known by its original name of "Takraw".<ref name="OCASIA"/> Internationally, only the term "Sepak Takraw" is used to refer to the modern sport.<ref name = "Heriansyah13"/>
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