e-sukan

Malay

Etymology

Calque of English e-sports.

Noun

e-sukan (informal 1st possessive e-sukanku, 2nd possessive e-sukanmu, 3rd possessive e-sukannya)

1. e-sports
   • 2017 December 15, Mariah Ahmad, “E-sukan: Malaysia tidak boleh ketinggalan - Khairy”, in Astro Awani‎^[1]:

     Sebelum ini, Khairy turut mengumumkan Majlis Sukan Negara bakal membentuk satu unit yang memberi fokus kepada pembangunan e-sukan sebagai persiapan menjelang kejohanan Asia 2022 yang akan berlangsung di Hangzhou, China.

     Before this, Khairy also announced that the National Sports Council will form a unit that focuses on the development of e-sports in preparation for the 2022 Asian championship that will take place in Hangzhou, China.

Further reading

• “e-sukan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.