laksana

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay laksana, from Sanskrit लक्षण (lakṣaṇa, “characteristic, trait”).

• The senses of action, doing, performing are semantic loan from Old Javanese lakṣaṇa (“action, doing”), from the same Sanskrit word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laksana/
• Hyphenation: lak‧sa‧na

Noun

laksana (plural laksana-laksana, first-person possessive laksanaku, second-person possessive laksanamu, third-person possessive laksananya)

1. (archaic) auspicious sign, deed
2. (just) like; similar to
3. (archaeology) the characteristic of a statue.
4. (derivation) action, doing, performing.

Derived terms

• melaksanakan
• pelaksana
• pelaksanaan
• terlaksana
• terlaksanakan

 

• tata laksana

 

Further reading

• “laksana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.