porselen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch porselein (“porcelain”), from Middle French porcelaine, from Old French pourcelaine, from Italian porcellana (“porcelain, originally the name of a conch species”). Cognate to Afrikaans porselein (“porcelain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔrsəˈlɛn]
- Hyphenation: por‧sê‧lèn
Noun
porsêlèn (plural porselen-porselen)
Alternative forms
- porselin (standard Malay)
Derived terms
- perporselenan
Further reading
- “porselen” 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.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
porselen n (definite singular porselenet)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- postelin (dialectal)
Noun
porselen n (definite singular porselenet)
Derived terms
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پورسلن (porselen), from French porcelaine.
Noun
porselen (definite accusative porseleni, plural porselenler)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پورسلان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 326
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “porselen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük