angkatan

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /aŋˈkatan/ [aŋˈkat̪̚.an]
  • Rhymes: -atan
  • Syllabification: ang‧kat‧an

Etymology 1

Reconstructed as angkat (to lift) +‎ -an, from Malay angkatan (military expedition, parade, literally lift), from Classical Malay اڠكتن (angkatan).

Noun

angkatan (plural angkatan-angkatan)

  1. lift, a rise; a degree of elevation
  2. (military) force, a group that aims to attack, control, or constrain
    Synonyms: bala tentara, pasukan
  3. generation:
    1. a single step or stage in the succession of natural descent
      Synonym: generasi
    2. a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit
      Synonyms: generasi, turunan
    3. (chiefly literature) a group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
    4. descendants, progeny
  4. batch, generation, wave
  5. (education) cohort, school class: a group of students who commenced their education during a particular year
    Synonym: rombongan belajar
  6. synonym of jabatan (function, position, post; office)
  7. descendant (one who is the progeny of someone)
    Synonyms: keturunan, turunan, pancaran
  8. someone who likes to be lifted up (praised)
  9. something complete
  10. synonym of pengangkatan
  11. synonym of keangkatan

Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Banjarese [Term?].

Noun

angkatan (plural angkatan-angkatan)

  1. a tool made of woven rattan, used to carry sand mixed with soil or stones in the mining area [since 2024]

References

  1. ^ Stuart (Ed ) Robson (2015), “Dutch loan-translations in Indonesian”, in Between worlds: linguistic papers in memory of David John Prentice[1], →DOI, pages 139–148 pages

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aŋˈkatan]
  • Rhymes: -tan, -an

Noun

angkatan (Jawi spelling اڠکتن, plural angkatan-angkatan or angkatan2)

  1. lift, a rise; a degree of elevation.
  2. force, a group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
  3. generation, a single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
    Synonym: generasi

Classifier

angkatan (singular seangkatan)

  1. classifier for an organised group of people or vehicles, usually political or military.
    Seangkatan kapalA fleet of ships

Further reading