penasaran
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese panasaran. Cognate of Malay panasaran.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pənaˈsaran/ [pə.naˈsa.ran]
- Rhymes: -aran
- Syllabification: pe‧na‧sa‧ran
Adjective
pênasaran (comparative lebih penasaran, superlative paling penasaran)
- curious
- Synonyms: ingin tahu, melit
- (obsolete) unsatisfied
- Synonym: tidak puas
- (obsolete) very angry
Derived terms
- kepenasaranan
- memenasarankan (“to make curious”)
Further reading
- “penasaran”, 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