kebudayaan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kebudajaan (1947–1972)
• keboedajaan (superseded)
• keboedajaän (1901–1947)

Etymology

From budaya +‎ ke- -an, from Malay kebudayaan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəbudaˈjaan/ [kə.bu.daˈja.(ʔ)an]
• Rhymes: -aan
• Syllabification: ke‧bu‧da‧ya‧an

Noun

kebudayaan (plural kebudayaan-kebudayaan)

1. culture

   Synonym: kultur

Further reading

• “kebudayaan”, 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