pertahanan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation tahan +‎ per- -an, inherited from Malay pertahanan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərtaˈhanan/ [pər.t̪aˈha.nan]
• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: per‧ta‧ha‧nan

Noun

pêrtahanan (plural pertahanan-pertahanan)

1. defense

Further reading

• “pertahanan”, 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

Affixation of tahan +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pə(r)taˈhanan/ [pə(r).t̪aˈha.nan]
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pərtaˈhanan/ [pər.t̪aˈha.nan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: per‧ta‧ha‧nan

Noun

pertahanan (Jawi spelling ڤرتاهنن, plural pertahanan-pertahanan or pertahanan²)

1. defence

Descendants

• > Indonesian: pertahanan (inherited)

Further reading

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