pensiun
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay pensiun, from Dutch pensioen, from Middle Dutch pensioen, from Old French pension (“payment, rent”), from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, to pay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛnˈsiʊn]
- Hyphenation: pèn‧si‧un
Noun
pènsiun (plural pensiun-pensiun)
- (finance) pension: an annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes
- (generally in compound) retirement: The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.
- Synonym: persaraan (Standard Malay)
Affixed terms
- dipensiunkan
- memensiun
- memensiunkan
- pemensiunan
- pensiunan
Compounds
- pensiun awal
- pensiun dini
- pensiun janda
Verb
pènsiun
- to retire
Further reading
- “pensiun” 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
Borrowed from Dutch pensioen,[1] from Middle Dutch pensioen, from Old French pension (“payment, rent”), from Latin pensio (“payment, rent”), from pensus, the past participle of pendere (“to weigh, to pay”). Doublet of pencen.
Noun
pensiun (Jawi spelling ڤينسيون, plural pensiun-pensiun)
- (Indonesia, Riau) pension; monthly payment provided by the government or an employer to a former employee who has retired.
Alternative forms
- pencen (Malaysia)
References
- ^ Kwik Khing Djoen (1923) Kitab Vortaro: Segala Perkatahan-Perkatahan Asing Jang Soeda Oemoem Di Goena Ken Di Dalem Soerat-Soerat Kabar Melayoe, Batavia: Sin Po, page 248
- “pensiun”, in Kamus Melayu Riau-Indonesia, Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Republik Indonesia, 1997, page 397
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pensiun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 246
Further reading
- “pensiun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.