belahan

Indonesian

Etymology

belah +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈlahan/, [bəˈla.han]
• Hyphenation: be‧lah‧an

Noun

belahan (first-person possessive belahanku, second-person possessive belahanmu, third-person possessive belahannya)

1. cleavage
   1. (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.

Further reading

• “belahan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.