karkun
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani कारकुन (kārkun) / کارکن, from Classical Persian کار کن (kār-kun, “worker”).
Noun
karkun (plural karkuns)
- (British India) A record keeper involved in the administration of the pargana.
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Finnish
Noun
karkun
- genitive singular of karkku
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Indonesian
Alternative forms
- kerkum
Etymology
From Malay karkun, from Hindustani कारकुन (kārkun) / کارکن, from Classical Persian کار کن (kār-kun, “worker”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarkʊn/
- Hyphenation: kar‧kun
- Rhymes: -kʊn, -ʊn, -n
Noun
karkun (plural karkun-karkun)
- (archaic) clerk
- Synonym: juru tulis
- (archaic) secretary
- Synonyms: sekretaris, setia usaha
Further reading
- “karkun”, 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