persalinan

Indonesian

Etymology

From salin +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərsaˈlinan/ [pər.saˈli.nan]
• Rhymes: -inan
• Syllabification: per‧sa‧li‧nan

Noun

pêrsalinan (plural persalinan-persalinan)

1. (colloquial) delivery, childbirth, parturition

   Synonyms: kelahiran anak, (technical) parturisi, (technical) partus

2. (obstetrics) labor, labour: the process of expulsion of the fetus and the placenta from the uterus.
3. (obsolete) set of clothes

Further reading

• “persalinan” 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.
• Abdul Bani Saifuddin, Trijatmo Rachimhadhi, Teuku Zulkifli Jacoeb, Ellya Iswati (1993) Kamus Obstetri dan Ginekologi [Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN , page 171: “persalinan”