ꦱꦼꦏꦠꦺꦤ꧀

Javanese

Etymology

• Borrowed from Arabic شَهَادَتَيْن (šahādatayn), the declension of شَهَادَة (šahāda).
• Affixed ꦏꦠꦶ (kati, “a weight standard”) +‎ ꦱꦼ- (se-) +‎ -ꦲꦤ꧀ (-an).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ka.tɛn/
• Rhymes: -tɛn
• Hyphenation: se‧ka‧tèn

Noun

ꦱꦼꦏꦠꦺꦤ꧀ (sekatèn)

1. a series of annual activities to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday held by two palaces in Java
2. related night market

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “sekatèn”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN