perpustakaan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed of pustaka + per- -an, from Malay perpustakaan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pêrpustakaan (plural perpustakaan-perpustakaan, first-person possessive perpustakaanku, second-person possessive perpustakaanmu, third-person possessive perpustakaannya)
- library
- an institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
- a collection of books or other forms of stored information.
Alternative forms edit
- perpus (Syncopic form)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “perpustakaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
perpustakaan (Jawi spelling ڤرڤوستاکاءن, plural perpustakaan-perpustakaan, informal 1st possessive perpustakaanku, 2nd possessive perpustakaanmu, 3rd possessive perpustakaannya)
- library (institution which holds books etc.)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: perpustakaan
Further reading edit
- “perpustakaan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese edit
Romanization edit
perpustakaan
- Romanization of ᮕᮨᮁᮕᮥᮞ᮪ᮒᮊᮃᮔ᮪