keganasan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed ke- + ganas + -an, inherited from Malay keganasan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kəɡaˈnasan]
- Hyphenation: kê‧ga‧nas‧an
Noun
kêganasan (first-person possessive keganasanku, second-person possessive keganasanmu, third-person possessive keganasannya)
- ferocity, violence, viciousness, barbarity
- Synonyms: kebuasan, kebengisan, kegalakan, kegarangan
- malignancy
- (oncology) a malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
- Synonym: kanker
- (oncology) a malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign.
Further reading
- “keganasan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From ke- + ganas (“violent”) + -an.
Noun
keganasan (Jawi spelling کݢانسن, plural keganasan-keganasan, informal 1st possessive keganasanku, 2nd possessive keganasanmu, 3rd possessive keganasannya)
- violence
- Synonym: kekerasan (Indonesian)
- terrorism
- Synonym: térorismê (Indonesian)
Descendants
- Indonesian: keganasan
Further reading
- “keganasan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.