persalinan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed salin +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pər.sa.ˈlɪn.an/
• Rhymes: -an, -n
• Hyphenation: pêr‧sa‧lin‧an

Noun

pêrsalinan (plural persalinan-persalinan, first-person possessive persalinanku, second-person possessive persalinanmu, third-person possessive persalinannya)

1. set of clothes
2. place for bersalin
3. (obstetrics) labour, labor: the act of a mother giving birth, the time period during which a mother gives birth.
4. (obstetrics) childbirth, parturition: The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

   Synonyms: kelahiran, parturisi, partus

Further reading

• “persalinan” 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.