teladan

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tauladan

Etymology

Affixation of tulad +‎ -an. Inherited from Malay tauladan, teladan, from Classical Malay tauladan, teladan, toladan, tuladan, from Old Javanese tuladan (“example, model”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /təˈladan/ [t̪əˈla.dan]
• Rhymes: -adan
• Syllabification: te‧la‧dan
• Homophone: tulad

Noun

teladan (plural teladan-teladan)

1. example, role model

   Synonyms: contoh, suri teladan

Derived terms

• diteladani
• keteladanan
• meneladan
• meneladani
• meneladankan

Further reading

• “teladan”, 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulad (“to copy, imitate”) with -an suffix. Compare Tagalog tulad.

Noun

teladan (Jawi spelling تلادن, plural teladan-teladan or teladan²)

1. exemplary

Further reading

• “teladan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017