petikan

Malay

Etymology

petik (“pick; pluck”) +‎ -an

Noun

petikan (Jawi spelling ڤتيقن, plural petikan-petikan, informal 1st possessive petikanku, 2nd possessive petikanmu, 3rd possessive petikannya)

1. a result of picking something (leaves, flowers, fruits, etc.)
2. an act plucking (of stringed instrument)
3. an act of picking or pulling the trigger (of an firearm or artillery)
4. an act of lighting the cigarette
5. excerpt; extract; passage (of a story, novel, article, etc.)
6. snapshot

   Synonym: cuplikan ( Indonesian)

7. quotation

   Synonyms: kutipan, nukilan

Derived terms

• petikan api

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: petikan

Further reading

• “petikan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.