garisan

Indonesian

Etymology

From garis +‎ -an. Semantic loan from Javanese ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀ (garisan, “ruler”) for ruler sense.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ɡaˈrisan/ [ɡaˈri.san]
  • Rhymes: -isan
  • Syllabification: ga‧ri‧san

Noun

garisan

  1. line, marking
  2. (dialectal) ruler (a, flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device)
    Synonym: penggaris

Usage notes

The line, marking sense is related to the product of line as a verb. For line as an object description, the word garis is used instead of garisan.

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

garisan

  1. romanization of ꦒꦫꦶꦱꦤ꧀
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