keran

keran

1. accusative singular of kera

• kran (tap sense)

Inherited from Malay keran.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈran/ [kəˈran]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ke‧ran

keran (plural keran-keran)

1. portable stove

   Synonyms: anglo, dapur, perapian, tungku

2. hearth

   Synonym: pendiangan

Borrowed from Dutch kraan, from Middle Dutch crāne, from Old Dutch *crano, from Proto-Germanic *kranô, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Doublet of kran.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈran/ [kəˈran]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ke‧ran

kêran (plural keran-keran)

1. tap, faucet

   Synonyms: kepala paip (Standard Malay), pemancur

2. (figurative) door

   Synonyms: lawang, pintu

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in keran.

• “keran”, 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

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kəˈran/ [kəˈran]
• Rhymes: -əran, -ran, -an
• Hyphenation: ke‧ran

Compare Urak Lawoi' กรัด (“fireplace; kitchen”).

keran (Jawi spelling کرن, plural keran-keran or keran²)

1. portable stove

   Synonym: dapur

   Synonyms: anglo, perapian, tungku

2. chafing dish
3. hearth

   Synonym: pendiang

   Synonym: pendiangan (Indonesia)

• > Indonesian: keran (inherited)
• → Central Bikol: kalan
• → Cebuano: kalan
• → Tagalog: kalan

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کرن kĕran”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 514
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kĕran”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 620-1
• Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – portable stove.

Borrowed from Dutch kraan, from Middle Dutch crāne, from Old Dutch *crano, from Proto-Germanic *kranô, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Doublet of kren.

keran (Jawi spelling کران, plural keran-keran or keran²)

1. (Riau) tap, faucet

   Synonyms: muncung, kepala paip

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

Borrowed from Armenian գերան (geran), Western Armenian pronunciation.

keran

1. (dialectal) log, beam

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “գերան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• “keran”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982