aliran

Indonesian

Noun

aliran (first-person possessive aliranku, second-person possessive aliranmu, third-person possessive alirannya)

1. A flow
2. A stream
3. (martial arts) style (i.e. In the Pencak Silat martial arts community, such as cimande or serak styles)

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Malay

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Noun

aliran (Jawi spelling اليرن‎, plural aliran-aliran, informal 1st possessive aliranku, 2nd possessive aliranmu, 3rd possessive alirannya)

1. flow (of liquids)
2. An ideology
3. (politics) political ideology
4. (religion) religious sect
5. trend
6. (education) scholarly tradition
7. conduit
8. pipeline
9. (education) educational course
10. (education) one of several forms of public school education in Malaysia, such as Islamic schools and ethnic schools (such as for Malays, Chinese, and Indians)

Further reading

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