ketimbang
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed ke- + timbang, borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ, ꦏꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (ketimbang, katimbang, “than”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kə.ˈtɪm.baŋ/
- Rhymes: -baŋ
- Hyphenation: kê‧tim‧bang
Particle
kêtimbang
- (colloquial) rather than
- Synonym: daripada
Alternative forms
Descendants
- → Malay: ketimbang
Further reading
- “ketimbang”, 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
Javanese
Romanization
ketimbang
- romanization of ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian ketimbang, from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ (ketimbang), by surface analysis, ke- + timbang. Popularized by Anwar Ibrahim, the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈtimbaŋ/ [kəˈt̪im.baŋ]
- Rhymes: -imbaŋ, -baŋ, -aŋ
- Hyphenation: ke‧tim‧bang
Particle
ketimbang (Jawi spelling کتيمبڠ) (rare)
- than (something being compared)
- Synonyms: daripada, berbanding
- rather than
- Synonym: daripada
Derived terms
- Kerajaan Ketimbang (“Anwar Ibrahim cabinet”)
Further reading
- "ketimbang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017