percintaan

Indonesian

Etymology

From cinta +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərt͡ʃinˈtaan/ [pər.t͡ʃin̪ˈt̪a.(ʔ)an]
• Rhymes: -aan
• Syllabification: per‧cin‧ta‧an

Noun

pêrcintaan

1. romance (an intimate relationship between two people)
2. (obsolete) mourning (the act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret)

Further reading

• “percintaan”, 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