Old Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒan.tən/
  • Rhymes: -tən
  • Hyphenation: jan‧tĕn

Etymology 1 edit

Affixed jalu (male; man, husband) +‎ -ntĕn.

Noun edit

jantĕn

  1. male;
  2. man, husband
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Malay: jantan
    • Indonesian: jantan

Etymology 2 edit

Affixed jaluk (to ask) +‎ -ntĕn.

Noun edit

jantĕn

  1. asking
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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