rayuan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed rayu +‎ -an, from Malay rayuan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [raˈjuan]
• Hyphenation: ra‧yu‧an

Noun

rayuan (plural rayuan-rayuan, first-person possessive rayuanku, second-person possessive rayuanmu, third-person possessive rayuannya)

1. appeal: a power to attract or interest.
2. seduction

Further reading

• “rayuan” 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.

Malay

Etymology

Affixed rayu +‎ -an.

• The law sense of appeal is a semantic loan from English appeal as part of British influence.

Noun

rayuan (Jawi spelling رايوان, informal 1st possessive rayuanku, 2nd possessive rayuanmu, 3rd possessive rayuannya)

1. appeal:
   1. a power to attract or interest.
   2. (law) an application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
2. petition

Descendants

• Indonesian: rayuan

Further reading

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