kafan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kapan, kafan (Standard Malay kapan), from Classical Malay کاڤن (kapan), کافن (kafan), from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkafan]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧fan

Noun

kafan (plural kafan-kafan)

  1. shroud, winding sheet, wrapping of a dead

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • berkafan
  • mengafani
  • mengafankan
  • pengafanan

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