Kelantan

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kelantan.

Proper noun

Kelantan

1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Kota Bharu.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:

     Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.

2. A major river in Kelantan, Malaysia.

Derived terms

• Kelantanese

Translations

state in Malaysia

• Arabic: كِلَنتَن
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉蘭丹／吉兰丹 (zh) (Jílándān)

• Indonesian: Kelantan
• Japanese: クランタン (Kurantan)
• Korean: 클란탄 (keullantan)
• Malay: Kelantan
• Russian: Кела́нтан (Kelántan)
• Tamil: கிளந்தான் (kiḷantāṉ)
• Thai: กลันตัน (Klantan)

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /kəlantan/
• (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key): /kəlãtɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -antan, -tan, -an

Proper noun

Kelantan (Jawi spelling کلنتن)

1. Kelantan (a state of Malaysia)

Adjective

Kelantan

1. Kelantanese