khitan

See also: Khitan

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Adjective

khitan (feminine khitane, masculine plural khitans, feminine plural khitanes)

1. Khitan

Proper noun

khitan m

1. Khitan (language)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khitan, from Arabic خِتَان (ḵitān, “circumcision”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈxitan/ [ˈxi.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -itan
• Syllabification: khi‧tan

Verb

khitan

1. (Islam) to do circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)

   Synonyms: sirkumsisi, sunat

Conjugation

Conjugation of khitan (meng-, intransitive)

root	khitan
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	mengkhitan	terkhitan	dikhitan	khitan	khitanlah
locative	mengkhitani	terkhitani	dikhitani	khitani	khitanilah
causative / applicative1	mengkhitankan	terkhitankan	dikhitankan	khitankan	khitankanlah
	causative
active	memperkhitan	terperkhitan	diperkhitan	perkhitan	perkhitanlah
locative	memperkhitani	terperkhitani	diperkhitani	perkhitani	perkhitanilah
causative / applicative1	memperkhitankan	terperkhitankan	diperkhitankan	perkhitankan	perkhitankanlah

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Alternative forms

• katan
• khatan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “khitan” 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.