pekan

See also: pékan

English

Etymology

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Noun

pekan (plural pekans)

1. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
2. An American marten (Martes americana).

Translations

fisher — see fisher

See also

• pecan

References

• Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pekan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Panek, knape

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpekan/
• Rhymes: -ekan
• Syllabification: pe‧kan

Adjective

pekan

1. accusative singular of peka

Finnish

Noun

pekan

1. genitive singular of pekka

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pekan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Doublet of pekon. Cognate to Balinese peken (“market”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pəˈkan/ [pəˈkan]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pe‧kan

Noun

pêkan (plural pekan-pekan)

1. (rare, usually in compound words) market (a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic)

   Synonym: pasar

2. week

   Synonym: minggu

Usage notes

• This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay pekan.
• The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some places which are named from the historical market day, such as Pasar Rebo, Pasar Minggu and Senen in Jakarta and Pasar Kliwon in Surakarta.

Derived terms

• sepekan

• pekan budaya
• pekan raya
• pekan seni
• pekan suci

Related terms

• Pekanbaru

Further reading

• “pekan”, 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

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Balinese peken (“market”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈkan/ [pəˈkan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: pe‧kan

Noun

pekan (Jawi spelling ڤکن, plural pekan-pekan or pekan²)

1. town (small)
2. (dated) market

   Synonym: pasar

3. (dated, esp. in Riau) week

   Synonym: minggu

Usage notes

• This is one of the false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian pekan.

Descendants

• Indonesian: pekan (“market, week”)

References

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ڤکن pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 466
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “pĕkan”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 228
• “pekan”, in Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia [Riau Malay-Indonesian Dictionary], Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 1997, page 294
• Kamus Melayu Sumatera Utara [North Sumatra Malay Dictionary], Balai Bahasa Sumatera Utara Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 2018, →ISBN, page 294

Further reading

• "pekan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017