alun-alun

English

Alternative forms

• aloun-aloun, aloon-aloon

Noun

alun-alun (plural alun-aluns)

1. An Indonesian public square with a central lawn.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun-alun, “town square, public square”), from Old Javanese alun-alun (“town square, public square”).

Noun

alun-alun (plural alun-alun)

1. town square, public square

Further reading

• “alun-alun” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

alun-alun

1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

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Noun

alun-alun

1. town square, public square

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀ (alun-alun)
  • → Indonesian: alun-alun

Further reading

• "alun-alun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.