keraton
Esperanto
Noun
keraton
- accusative of kerato
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay keraton,from Classical Malay keraton, from Javanese kraton (ꦏꦿꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (“kingship; palace”), “royal palace, kingdom”), karaton (ꦏꦫꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀, “royal palace, court”), from Old Javanese karatun (“kingship, royal dignity”). Reconstructed as ke- + ratu + -an. Doublet of kedatuan and kedaton.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈratɔn/
- Hyphenation: ke‧ra‧ton
Noun
kêraton (plural keraton-keraton, first-person possessive keratonku, second-person possessive keratonmu, third-person possessive keratonnya)
- palace.
- Synonym: istana
- kingdom.
- Synonym: kerajaan
Related terms
- kedaton
- ratu
Further reading
- “keraton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.