gerakan

Indonesian

Etymology

gerak +‎ -an, inherited from Malay gerakan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈrakan]

Noun

gerakan (first-person possessive gerakanku, second-person possessive gerakanmu, third-person possessive gerakannya)

1. movement:
   1. physical motion between points in space.
   2. a trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals.

Further reading

• “gerakan” 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.

Malay

Etymology

gerak +‎ -an.

Noun

gerakan (Jawi spelling ݢرقن, plural gerakan-gerakan, informal 1st possessive gerakanku, 2nd possessive gerakanmu, 3rd possessive gerakannya)

1. movement; motion

Descendants

• Indonesian: gerakan

Further reading

• “gerakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.