biarawan

From biara +‎ -wan. Attested before 1953.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biaˈrawan/ [bi.aˈra.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan
• Syllabification: bi‧a‧ra‧wan

biarawan (plural biarawan-biarawan)

1. monk

• “biarawan”, 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 biara +‎ -wan.

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /bjaˈrawan/ [bjaˈra.wan]
• Rhymes: -awan, -wan, -an
• Hyphenation: bi‧a‧ra‧wan

biarawan (Jawi spelling بياراون, plural biarawan-biarawan or biarawan²)

1. monk

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