macan

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃan]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧can

macan (plural macan-macan)

1. (chiefly Java) tiger (Panthera tigris)

   Synonym: harimau

2. panther (big cat of the genus Panthera)

• “macan” 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.

macan

1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦩꦕꦤ꧀

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃan, -t͡ʃan, -an

macan (Jawi spelling ماچن, plural macan-macan)

1. tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

• harimau / هاريماو

• macan congkok / ماچن چوڠکوق
• macan gadungan / ماچن ݢادوڠن
• macan loreng / ماچن لوريڠ
• macan tutul / ماچن توتول

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃan
• Hyphenation: ma‧can

macan

1. tiger

   Synonyms: bowoṅ, harimoṅ, hariwyāghra, macan, moṅ, mṛgādhipa, mṛganātha, mṛgapati, mṛgaprabhu, mṛgarāja, mṛgendra, puhun, samoṅ, śārdūla, śārdūlākṛti, wasari, wasarya, wyāghra

• > Javanese: ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan) (inherited)

• "macan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

mac (“son”) +‎ -an

macan m (genitive singular macain, plural macain)

1. diminutive of mac
2. sonny, laddie, little boy

• balachan

• nìghneag (“little girl, daughterling”)

From maca +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /mǎt͡san/
• Hyphenation: ma‧can

màcan m anim (Cyrillic spelling ма̀цан)

1. (hypocoristic) tomcat

• “macan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

macan

1. third-person plural present indicative of macar