suruhan
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /suˈruhan/ [suˈru.han]
- Rhymes: -uhan
- Syllabification: su‧ru‧han
Etymology 1
Affixation of suruh + -an, inherited from Malay suruhan.
Noun
suruhan (plural suruhan-suruhan)
- message, order.
- Synonyms: penyuruh, perintah
- bellboy, lackey, runner
- Synonym: pesuruh
- command, direction, order.
- emissary, errand boy, messenger.
- telling
- wish
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese suruh-suruhan.
Noun
suruhan (plural suruhan-suruhan)
- (botany) pepper elder, shining bush plant, crab claw herb, man to man (Peperomia pellucida)
- Synonyms: sirih cina, tumpang air, tumpang angin
Further reading
- “suruhan”, 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
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suruhan/
- Rhymes: -uruhan, -uhan, -an
Noun
suruhan (Jawi spelling سوروهن, plural suruhan-suruhan or suruhan2)
- one who is ordered to do something (e.g. messenger, housemaid etc.)
- Suruhan Allah ialah nabi-nabi-Nya.
- People who are ordered by Allah to do something are his prophets.
- order
- Synonym: perintah
- Suruhan Tuhan
- Orders of God
- act of ordering
Derived terms
- suruhanjaya (commission)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: suruhan (inherited)
Further reading
- "suruhan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017