Rhymes:Malay/wan

1. Rhymes
2. Malay
3. -wan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-wan/

Rhymes

Rhymes: -an

As a suffix

The suffix -wan denotes a person involved in a particular thing, often changing the base word into an occupation. Wan in this context derives from Pali -vant, from Sanskrit -वत् (-vat), from Proto-Indo-European *-wénts. For many but not all words with this suffix, there is an explicitly feminine counterpart, wati. In the list below, examples of words with this suffix are italicised.

Two syllables

• awan
• cawan
• dewan
• haiwan
• kawan
• lawan
• puan
• tawan
• tawan
• tuan

Three syllables

• ampuan
• bangsawan
• begawan
• belawan
• bengawan
• berawan
• berkawan
• berlawan
• cendawan
• jutawan
• karyawan
• pahlawan
• rupawan
• tujuan

Four syllables

• angkasawan
• belanjawan
• biarawan
• budayawan
• jelitawan
• perempuan
• pustakawan
• sasterawan
• sejarawan
• taman haiwan
• usahawan

Five syllables

• cendekiawan
• olahragawan
• sukarelawan