sirikan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed sirik (“abstinence”) + -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏꦤ꧀ (sirikan, “something avoided”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /siˈrikan/ [siˈri.kan]
- Rhymes: -ikan
- Syllabification: si‧ri‧kan
Noun
sirikan (plural sirikan-sirikan)
- something avoided
- Synonym: pantangan
Further reading
- “sirikan” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
sirikan
- romanization of ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏꦤ꧀
Old Javanese
Etymology
Affixed sirik (“to make way”) + -an.
Noun
sirikan
- a certain official of the kraton
- mahāmantri i sirikan ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
Further reading
- "sirikan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.