zaken

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• Rhymes: -aːkən

zaken

1. plural of zaak
2. business
3. affairs, a field of management, such as a political portfolio

• → Indonesian: zaken
• → Peranakan Indonesian: zaken

• kazen

Borrowed from Dutch zaken (“business; affairs”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈzakən/ [ˈza.kən]
• Rhymes: -akən
• Syllabification: za‧ken

zakên (comparative lebih zaken, superlative paling zaken)

1. (government, politics) professional, technocratic (generally to cabinet)

zakên (plural zaken-zaken)

1. affair

• “zaken” 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.

Borrowed from Dutch zaken (“business; affairs”).

zaken

1. business; affairs

   Di-sitoelah toean Ezerman, Adviseur voor Chineesche Zaken.^[1] ― There is Mr. Ezerman, Advisor for Chinese Affairs.