tindakan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed tindak + -an, inherited from Malay tindakan. Semantic loan from Dutch feit (literally “fact”) for law sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪn.da.kan/
- Hyphenation: tin‧dak‧an
- Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an
Noun
tindakan (plural tindakan-tindakan)
- act, action, step, measure: something done
- (medicine) procedure
- Synonym: prosedur
- Pasien ini memerlukan tindakan pembedahan jantung.
- This patient required a cardiac surgical procedure.
Derived terms
- tindakan dinas
- tindakan sosial
- tindakan subversif
Further reading
- “tindakan” 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tindakan/
- Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an
Noun
tindakan (Jawi spelling تيندقن, plural tindakan-tindakan)
- action (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “tindakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.