ilmuwan
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- ilmuan
Etymology
Affixation of ilmu + -wan. Attested before 1953.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ilˈmuwan/ [ilˈmu.wan]
- Rhymes: -uwan
- Syllabification: il‧mu‧wan
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Noun
ilmuwan (plural ilmuwan-ilmuwan or para ilmuwan)
- scientist
- Synonyms: ahli ilmiah, ahli sains, ilmiawan
- scholar
Descendants
- → Malay: ilmuwan
Further reading
- “ilmuwan”, 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
Noun
ilmuwan (Jawi spelling علمون, plural ilmuwan-ilmuwan or ilmuwan2)
Synonyms
- (Malaysia) ahli sains
Further reading
- "ilmuwan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017