patahan
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Affixed patah + -an. The sense “fault” is a semantic loan from Dutch breuk (“fault”, literally “fracture”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
patahan (plural patahan-patahan, first-person possessive patahanku, second-person possessive patahanmu, third-person possessive patahannya)
- (seismology) fault: A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- Synonym: sesar
Further reading edit
- “patahan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.