ketan

See also: kətan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtan/, [kəˈt̪an]
• Hyphenation: kê‧tan
• Rhymes: -tan, -an, -n

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (ketan, “glutinous rice”), from Old Javanese kĕtan (“glutinous rice”).

Noun

kêtan (plural ketan-ketan)

1. (cooking) glutinous rice

   Synonym: pulut

Derived terms

• ketan hitam
• ketan mangga
• ketan srikaya
• ketan tumis
• ketan urap

• beras ketan

Etymology 2

Noun

ketan

1. (education) Acronym of ketua angkatan (“head of class”).

Further reading

• “ketan” 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.
• ketan on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Javanese

Romanization

ketan

1. Romanization of ꦏꦼꦠꦤ꧀