televisyen

Iban

Etymology

From English television. Compare to Indonesian Iban televisi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.le.vi.ʃən/

Noun

televisyen

1. (Sarawak) television

Malay

Alternative forms

• televishen, television (dated, 1924-1972)

Etymology

Borrowed from English television.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teleˈviʃən/ [t̪e.leˈvi.ʃən]
• Hyphenation: té‧lé‧vi‧syen
• Rhymes: -iʃən

Noun

télévisyen (Jawi spelling تيليۏيشن, plural televisyen-televisyen, informal 1st possessive televisyenku, 2nd possessive televisyenmu, 3rd possessive televisyennya)

1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) television

   peti televisyen ― television box

   drema televisyen ― television drama

   televisyen litar tertutup ― closed-circuit television

   • 2017 November 24, “Lupakan gajet, televisyen bawa kejayaan [Forgetting gadgets and television brings success]”, in Utusan Malaysia‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2017:

     “Ayah dan ibu tidak pernah memberi tekanan malah mereka memberi kebebasan kepada saya untuk menonton televisyen dan melayari internet. Namun sebulan menjelang UPSR, saya mengehadkan masa hanya antara satu jam hingga dua jam sahaja melayari internet dan melupakan televisyen.

     "Father and mother never gave me stress and they even gave freedom for me to watch television and surf the internet.
     However, a month before the UPSR examination, I limited time to between one and two hours only to surf the Internet and forgot about television.

Alternative forms

• televisen, televishen
• televisi (Standard Indonesian, Indonesian Malay)

Further reading

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