manisan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of manis +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈni.san/
• Rhymes: -isan
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧san

Noun

manisan (plural manisan-manisan)

1. candied fruit, crystallized fruit, glacé fruit (any fruit that has been preserved by treatment with a sugar syrup and dried)

   Synonym: halwa

2. candy

   Synonyms: gula-gula, permen

Derived terms

• manisan buah
• manisan lebah

See also

• acar

Further reading

• “manisan”, 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