takluk

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• takhluk (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay takluk, from Arabic تَعَلُّق (taʕalluq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔluk/ [ˈt̪aʔ.lʊk̚]
    • Rhymes: -aʔluk
  • IPA^(key): (common) /ˈtakluk/ [ˈt̪ak̚.lʊk̚]
    • Rhymes: -akluk
• Syllabification: tak‧luk

Verb

takluk (active menakluk, passive ditakluk)

1. (intransitive, not conjugated) to surrender; to yield; to give up
2. (transitive) to conquer

   Synonym: taklukkan

Derived terms

Affixations

• penakluk (“conqueror”)
• penaklukan (“act of conquering, conquest”)
• taklukan (“something that is conquered, conquest”)
• taklukkan (“to conquest”)

References

• “takluk”, 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