puan
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Malay puan, from clipping of perempuan (“female human being; woman”). In sense of a polite form of address for a woman or lady, mostly replaced by nyonya.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpuan/ [ˈpu.an]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: pu‧an
Noun
editpuan (plural puan-puan)
Further reading
edit- “puan”, 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpuan (Jawi spelling ڤوان, plural puan-puan or puan2)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- "puan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Mizo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Kuki-Chin *puan.
Noun
editpuan
Further reading
edit- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “puan”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
Musi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Javanese ꦥꦸꦲꦤ꧀ (puhan, “dairy milk”, literally “squeezing results”), from ꦥꦸꦃ (puh, “to squeeze, to milk”) + -an. Cognate with Malay perahan (“squeezing results, dairy animal”).[1]
Noun
editpuan
Derived terms
edit- gulo puan (Palembang, Penesak)
- pisang puan
References
edit- ^ Nothofer, B. (2013), Pengantar Etimologi [Introduction to Etymology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 121
Further reading
edit- H. U. A. Zulkifly (2007), “PUAN”, in Kamus sederhana bahasa Palembang [A simple dictionary of the Palembang language], 2nd edition (in Indonesian), Tangerang: DPC Kerukunan Keluarga Palembang, page 185
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom French point. Doublet of punto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpuan (definite accusative puanı, plural puanlar)
- point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
Declension
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “puan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/an
- Rhymes:Indonesian/an/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian formal terms
- Indonesian literary terms
- Malay clippings
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Rhymes:Malay/uan
- Rhymes:Malay/uan/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Malay/wan
- Rhymes:Malay/an
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- ms:Titles
- ms:Female people
- Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Mizo terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Mizo lemmas
- Mizo nouns
- Musi terms borrowed from Javanese
- Musi terms derived from Javanese
- Musi lemmas
- Musi nouns
- mui:Milk
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish doublets
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- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns