angkasawan

Affixation of angkasa +‎ -wan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aŋkaˈsawan/ [aŋ.kaˈsa.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: ang‧ka‧sa‧wan

angkasawan (plural angkasawan-angkasawan or para angkasawan)

1. radio broadcaster

   Synonym: penyiar radio

2. (uncommon, rare) astronaut, cosmonaut

   Synonyms: antariksawan, astronaut, kosmonaut

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay angkasawan.

• “angkasawan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Affixation of angkasa +‎ -wan.

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˌaŋkaˈsawan/ [ˌaŋ.kaˈsa.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an
• Hyphenation: ang‧ka‧sa‧wan

angkasawan (Jawi spelling اڠکاساون, plural angkasawan-angkasawan or angkasawan²)

1. astronaut

   Synonyms: (female equivalent) angkasawati, antariksawan (Indonesia)

   Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor bukan satu-satunya angkasawan pertama di Malaysia, tetapi yang kedua di rantau ASEAN selepas Phạm Tuân dari Vietnam.

   Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is not the only first astronaut in Malaysia but the second in the ASEAN region after Vietnam's Phạm Tuân.

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian angkasawan.

• It can be used as a general term to refer to a person who travels to space, regardless of their nationality or the specific space agency they belong to.

• "angkasawan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017