khitan

See also: Khitan

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay khitan, from Arabic خِتَان (ḵitān, “circumcision”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxitan]
• Hyphenation: khi‧tan

Verb

khitan

1. (Islam) to do circumcision (excising foreskin from penis)

   Synonyms: sirkumsisi, sunat

Conjugation

Conjugation of khitan (meng-, intransitive)
Root	khitan
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengkhitan	terkhitan	dikhitan	khitan	khitanlah
Locative	mengkhitani	terkhitani	dikhitani	khitani	khitanilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengkhitankan	terkhitankan	dikhitankan	khitankan	khitankanlah
	Causative
Active	memperkhitan	terperkhitan	diperkhitan	perkhitan	perkhitanlah
Locative	memperkhitani	terperkhitani	diperkhitani	perkhitani	perkhitanilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperkhitankan	terperkhitankan	diperkhitankan	perkhitankan	perkhitankanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Alternative forms

• katan
• khatan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “khitan” 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.