keganasan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed ganas + ke- -an, inherited from Malay keganasan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəɡaˈnasan]
- Hyphenation: kê‧ga‧nas‧an
Noun
kêganasan (plural keganasan-keganasan)
- ferocity, violence, viciousness, barbarity
- Synonyms: kebuasan, kebengisan, kegalakan, kegarangan
- malignancy
Further reading
- “keganasan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From ganas (“violent”) + ke- -an.
Noun
keganasan (Jawi spelling کݢانسن, plural keganasan-keganasan)
Descendants
- Indonesian: keganasan
Further reading
- “keganasan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.