pekan

See also: pékan

English

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Abenaki word apanakes (“pine marten”, Martes americana), or a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Penobscot cognate of it.

Noun

pekan (plural pekans)

1. The fisher cat, the fisher (Martes pennanti), or the marten ().

Translations

fisher — see fisher

See also

• pecan

Anagrams

• Panek, knape

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpekan/

Adjective

pekan

1. accusative singular of peka

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Finnish

Noun

pekan

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of pekka

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəkan/
• Hyphenation: pê‧kan

Noun

pekan

1. market

   Synonym: pasar

2. week

   Synonym: minggu

Usage notes

The sense of week derived from the historical fact of one market day in a week. There are some place which named from the historical market day, such as Pasar Rebo, Pasar Minggu and Senen in Jakarta and Pasar Kliwon in Surakarta.

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “pekan” 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.

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Balinese peken (“market”), Indonesian pekan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəkan/
• Rhymes: -əkan, -kan, -an

Noun

pekan

1. town (small)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pekan