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

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

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