hadapan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay hadapan. Equivalent to hadap +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /haˈdapan/ [haˈda.pan]
• Rhymes: -apan
• Syllabification: ha‧da‧pan

Noun

hadapan (plural hadapan-hadapan)

1. front

   Synonym: depan

   Sungguh pemandangan yang mengerikan di hadapannya.

   What a terrifying sight before him.

Further reading

• “hadapan” 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

Alternative forms

• depan
• هادڤن (Jawi writing)

Etymology

From hadap +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hadapan/
• Rhymes: -pan, -an

Determiner

hadapan

1. next

Preposition

hadapan (Jawi spelling هادڤن)

1. in front

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penghadapan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• berhadapan [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• terhadapan

Descendants

• Indonesian: hadapan

References

• "hadapan" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “hadapan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.