pecinan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed per- + Cina + -an, from Javanese ꦥꦕꦶꦤꦤ꧀ (pacinan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəˈt͡ʃinan]
- Hyphenation: pe‧ci‧nan
Noun
pecinan (first-person possessive pecinanku, second-person possessive pecinanmu, third-person possessive pecinannya)
- Chinatown: a district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
Related terms
- Cina
- pekojan
Descendants
- → Min Nan: 八芝蘭 (peh-chi-lân)
Further reading
- “pecinan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.