lahan

French

Noun

lahan m (uncountable)

1. (Ivory Coast slang) gwop, skrilla, moola

   Synonyms: djai, walli, flouze, bif

   • 2015, “La vie de Louga”, in Didi-B (lyrics), Cubisme, performed by Kiff No Beat:

     On s’en fou des mondes où il ya lahan donc tout est permis

     We are mad at the world where all is permitted as long as one has gwop

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlahan]
• Hyphenation: la‧han

Etymology 1

From Javanese lahan (ꦭꦲꦤ꧀, “unplanted area”), laha (“empty, quiet”).

Noun

lahan (first-person possessive lahanku, second-person possessive lahanmu, third-person possessive lahannya)

1. land.

Derived terms

• lahan basah
• lahan batu
• lahan gambut
• lahan garapan
• lahan gundul
• lahan kering
• lahan kritis
• lahan marginal
• lahan pandang
• lahan parkir
• lahan pertanian
• lahan subur
• lahan tanaman
• lahan tidur
• lahan yasan

 

Etymology 2

From Malay lahan, from Classical Malay lahan, from Arabic لَحْن (laḥn).

Noun

lahan (first-person possessive lahanku, second-person possessive lahanmu, third-person possessive lahannya)

1. (obsolete) song.

   Synonym: lagu

Further reading

• “lahan” 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.