seinendan

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 青年団 (せいねんだん, seinendan, “youth association”), from 青年 (せいねん, seinen, “youth”) + 団 (だん, dan, “group, team, gang”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /sei̯ˈnendan/ [sei̯ˈnen.dan]
  • Syllabification: sei‧nen‧dan

Proper noun

seinendan

  1. (military, historical) militarized youth group
  2. (military, obsolete) synonym of karang taruna (“neighborhood youth association”)
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