pecinan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed Cina +‎ per- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦕꦶꦤꦤ꧀ (pacinan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəˈt͡ʃinan]
• Hyphenation: pe‧ci‧nan

Noun

pecinan (first-person possessive pecinanku, second-person possessive pecinanmu, third-person possessive pecinannya)

1. Chinatown: a district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

Related terms

• Cina
• pekojan

 

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 八芝蘭／八芝兰 (peh-chi-lân)

Further reading

• “pecinan” 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.