pecinan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed Cina +‎ per- -an, from Javanese ꦥꦕꦶꦤꦤ꧀ (pacinan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pəˈt͡ʃinan]
Hyphenation: pe‧ci‧nan

Noun

pecinan (first-person possessive pecinanku, second-person possessive pecinanmu, third-person possessive pecinannya)

Chinatown: a district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.

Related terms

Cina
pekojan

Descendants

→ Min Nan: 八芝蘭／八芝兰 (peh-chi-lân)

Further reading

“pecinan” 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.

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