alasan

See also: Alasan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlasan/ [ʔɐˈl̪a.s̪ɐn̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧san

Noun

alasan (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔)

1. a reddish-brown horse; a chestnut
2. the color chestnut

Adjective

alasan (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔)

1. of the color chestnut

Galician

Verb

alasan

1. third-person plural present indicative of alasar

Indonesian

Etymology

By surface analysis, alas (“base”) +‎ an, from Malay alasan, from Classical Malay السن (alasan), from Javanese ꦲꦭꦱꦤ꧀ (alasan, “reason, excuse”), from Old Javanese aleśyan (“on the pretext of”), leśya, liśya (“excuse, pretext”), from Prakrit *lissa, *līsa, *lēssa (“defective”), from Sanskrit लेश (leśa, “figure of speech”), लिश् (liś, “move, go”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈlasan/ [aˈla.san]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: a‧la‧san

Noun

alasan (plural alasan-alasan)

1. proof
2. argument
3. reason
4. excuse

Further reading

• “alasan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Compound of alas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku) IPA^(key): /aˈlasan/ [aˈla.san]
• Rhymes: -san, -an
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧san

Noun

alasan (Jawi spelling السن, plural alasan-alasan or alasan²)

1. reason
2. excuse
3. (law) grounds (basis or justification for something)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: alasan (inherited)

Further reading

• "alasan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alazán, from Arabic أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab, “reddish, reddish-brown”) via Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈsan/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈsan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: a‧la‧san

Adjective

alasán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔)

1. sorrel

Noun

alasán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜈ᜔)

1. sorrel
2. sorrel-colored horse

See also

• kastanyo

Further reading

• “alasan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018