ketan

See also: kətan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈtan/, [kəˈt̪an]
  • Hyphenation: kê‧tan
  • Rhymes: -tan, -an, -n

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (ketan, “glutinous rice”), from Old Javanese kĕtan, lakĕtan (“glutinous rice”, literally “sticky thing”).

Noun

kêtan (plural ketan-ketan)

  1. (cooking) glutinous rice
    Synonym: pulut
Derived terms
  • ketan hitam
  • ketan mangga
  • ketan srikaya
  • ketan tumis
  • ketan urap
  • beras ketan

Etymology 2

Noun

ketan

  1. (education) syllabic abbreviation of ketua angkatan (“head of class”)

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

ketan

  1. romanization of ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀
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