keguruan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed guru (“teacher”) +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.ɡuˈru.an/, [kə.ɡuˈru.an]
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: kê‧gu‧ru‧an

Noun

kêguruan (plural keguruan-keguruan, first-person possessive keguruanku, second-person possessive keguruanmu, third-person possessive keguruannya)

1. (education) teaching: the profession of educating people

Further reading

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