karkun
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindustani کارکن (kārkun) / कारकुन, from Classical Persian کار کن (kār-kun, “worker”).
Noun edit
karkun (plural karkuns)
- (British India) A record keeper involved in the administration of the pargana.
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Finnish edit
Noun edit
karkun
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay karkun, kerkum, from Classical Persian کار کن (kār-kun, “worker”), possibly through Hindustani.
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Noun edit
karkun (plural karkun-karkun, first-person possessive karkunku, second-person possessive karkunmu, third-person possessive karkunnya)
- (archaic) clerk.
- Synonym: juru tulis
- (archaic) secretary.
- Synonyms: sekretaris, setia usaha
Further reading edit
- “karkun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.