sirikan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed sirik (“abstinence”) +‎ -an, borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏꦤ꧀ (sirikan, “something avoided”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /siˈrikan/ [siˈri.kan]
• Rhymes: -ikan
• Syllabification: si‧ri‧kan

Noun

sirikan (plural sirikan-sirikan)

1. something avoided

   Synonym: pantangan

Further reading

• “sirikan” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

sirikan

1. Romanization of ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Affixed sirik (“to make way”) +‎ -an.

Noun

sirikan

1. a certain official of the kraton

   mahāmantri i sirikan ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦶꦫꦶꦏꦤ꧀ (sirikan) (inherited)

Further reading

• "sirikan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.