percobaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed coba (“try”) +‎ per- -an. Semantic loan from Dutch poging (“attempt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pərt͡ʃoˈbaan/
Hyphenation: pêr‧co‧ba‧an

Noun

pêrcobaan (first-person possessive percobaanku, second-person possessive percobaanmu, third-person possessive percobaannya)

attempt: the action of trying at something.
1. (law) an attempt to commit a crime.
test
trial, experiment.

Further reading

“percobaan” 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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