kafan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kapan, kafan (Standard Malay kapan), from Classical Malay کاڤن (kapan), کافن (kafan), from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafan]
• Hyphenation: ka‧fan

Noun

kafan (first-person possessive kafanku, second-person possessive kafanmu, third-person possessive kafannya)

1. shroud, winding sheet, wrapping of a dead.

Alternative forms

• kapan

Derived terms

• berkafan
• mengafani
• mengafankan
• pengafanan

 

Further reading

• “kafan” 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.