gerakan
Indonesian
Etymology
From gerak + -an, inherited from Malay gerakan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡəˈrakan]
Noun
gerakan (plural gerakan-gerakan)
- movement:
- physical motion between points in space
- a trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Further reading
- “gerakan”, 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
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gerakan (Jawi spelling ݢرقن, plural gerakan-gerakan or gerakan2)
Descendants
- Indonesian: gerakan
Further reading
- "gerakan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017