penglihatan

Indonesia

Alternative forms

• pelihatan (uncommon)

Etymology

Affixation of lihat +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəŋ.liˈha.tan/
• Rhymes: -atan, -tan, -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pêng‧li‧ha‧tan

Noun

pênglihatan (uncountable)

1. eyesight
   1. vision or the faculty of sight
   2. view or the range of vision

Derived terms

• penglihatan ganda

 

Malay

Alternative forms

• pelihatan (uncommon)

Etymology

Affixation of lihat +‎ peng- -an.

This formation is an exception to the pattern whereby words starting in /l/ would be prefixed with pe- -an and not peng- -an as the allophonic form of peng- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəŋ.li.ha.tan]
• Rhymes: -tan, -an
• Hyphenation: peng‧li‧hat‧an

Noun

penglihatan (Jawi spelling ڤڠليهتن, informal 1st possessive penglihatanku, 2nd possessive penglihatanmu, 3rd possessive penglihatannya)

1. The ability to see; eyesight, vision.
2. The faculty of sight.
3. Anything that is viewed or looked at.

   Synonym: pandangan

4. The action of process of looking.

Further reading

• “penglihatan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.