selamatan

English

Noun

selamatan (plural selamatans)

1. Alternative form of slametan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed selamat +‎ -an, from Javanese ꦱ꧀ꦭꦩꦼꦠꦤ꧀ (slametan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səlaˈmat̪an]
• Hyphenation: sê‧la‧mat‧an
• Rhymes: -an, -n

Noun

sêlamatan (plural selamatan-selamatan, first-person possessive selamatanku, second-person possessive selamatanmu, third-person possessive selamatannya)

1. slametan: a (Javanese) communal feast, held to celebrate numerous types of event.

   Synonyms: bancakan, kenduri, sedekah

Further reading

• “selamatan” 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.