percobaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed coba (“try”) +‎ per- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch poging (“attempt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərt͡ʃoˈbaan/
• Hyphenation: pêr‧co‧ba‧an

Noun

pêrcobaan (first-person possessive percobaanku, second-person possessive percobaanmu, third-person possessive percobaannya)

1. attempt: the action of trying at something.
   1. (law) an attempt to commit a crime.
2. test
3. trial, experiment.

Further reading

• “percobaan” 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.