pencen

See also: Pencen

Malay

Etymology

Affrication of earlier penshen and ڤنشين (pensyen) from English pension,[1][2] from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, borrowed from Latin pēnsiō, pēnsiōnem (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendere (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensiun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [peɲ.t͡ʃen]
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃen, -en
  • Hyphenation: pen‧cen

Adjective

pencen (Jawi spelling ڤينچين)

  1. No longer working but receiving pensions; pensioned.
    Apa pelan kau untuk masa kau pencen nanti?
    What are your plans for when you're pensioned soon?

Noun

pencen (Jawi spelling ڤينچين, plural pencen-pencen)

  1. A monthly payment provided by the government or an employer to a former employee who has retired; a pension.

Alternative forms

  • pensiun (Indonesian and Indonesian Malay)

Affixations

  • berpencen (“includes pensions”)
  • pencenkan (“to pension someone”)

References

  1. ^ Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “penchen”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 240
  2. ^ Mohd. Said bin Haji Sulaiman (1936) “pensyen”, in Buku Katan, romanized, 2002 edition, Pakatan Bahasa Melayu Persuratan Buku Diraja Johor (original), Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Malaysia, →ISBN, page 655

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