seinendan

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 青年団 (せいねんだん, seinendan, “youth association”), from 青年 (せいねん, seinen, “youth”) + 団 (だん, dan, “group, team, gang”). Replaced by karang taruna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sei.nen.dan/
• Hyphenation: séi‧nén‧dan

Noun

seinendan (first-person possessive seinendanku, second-person possessive seinendanmu, third-person possessive seinendannya)

1. (obsolete) militarized youth group.