rayuan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed rayu + -an, from Malay rayuan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [raˈjuan]
- Hyphenation: ra‧yu‧an
Noun
rayuan (plural rayuan-rayuan, first-person possessive rayuanku, second-person possessive rayuanmu, third-person possessive rayuannya)
- appeal: a power to attract or interest.
- seduction
Further reading
- “rayuan” 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
Affixed rayu + -an.
- The law sense of appeal is a semantic loan from English appeal as part of British influence.
Noun
rayuan (Jawi spelling رايوان, informal 1st possessive rayuanku, 2nd possessive rayuanmu, 3rd possessive rayuannya)
- appeal:
- a power to attract or interest.
- (law) an application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Descendants
- Indonesian: rayuan
Further reading
- “rayuan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.