kapan
Finnish
Noun
kapan
- genitive singular of kappa
Anagrams
- pakan
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Reconstructed as ke- + apa + -an, from Malay kapan, from Javanese kapan (ꦏꦥꦤ꧀), from Old Javanese kapan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pan/
- Hyphenation: ka‧pan
- Rhymes: -apan, -pan, -an
Pronoun
kapan
- (interrogative) when
- Kapan dia akan pergi?
- When will he go?
Derived terms
- kapan-kapan
Etymology 2
From Malay kapan, from Arabic كَفَن (kafan).
Noun
kapan (first-person possessive kapanku, second-person possessive kapanmu, third-person possessive kapannya)
- alternative spelling of kafan
Further reading
- “kapan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
| Javanese register set |
|---|
| ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): bénjang punapa |
| ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): kapan |
Alternative forms
- Carakan: ꦏꦥꦤ꧀
Etymology
From Old Javanese kapan.
Pronoun
kapan
- when
Descendants
- → Malay: kapan
- Indonesian: kapan
Malay
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -an
Etymology 1
From Javanese kapan (ꦏꦥꦤ꧀), from Old Javanese kapan.
Pronoun
kapan (Jawi spelling کاڤن)
- (archaic) when
- Synonym: bila
Descendants
- Indonesian: kapan
Etymology 2
From Arabic كَفَن (kafan).
Noun
kapan (Jawi spelling کاڤن, plural kapan-kapan, informal 1st possessive kapanku, 2nd possessive kapanmu, 3rd possessive kapannya)
- shroud, white cloth to wrap the dead.
Descendants
- Indonesian: kapan
Further reading
- “kapan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Etymology
Affixed ka- + apa + -an.
Pronoun
kapan
- when
Descendants
- Javanese: kapan (ꦏꦥꦤ꧀)
- → Malay: kapan
- Indonesian: kapan
- → Malay: kapan
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Persian قَپان (qapân).
Noun
kapan (definite accusative kapanı, plural kapanlar)
- (historical) A public weighing machine of the Ottoman era, or the office where the machine was located.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *kap- (“to snatch, take; to bite”). Compare kapmak.
Noun
kapan (definite accusative kapanı, plural kapanlar)
- trap
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kapan1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kapan2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN