persuratan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixation of surat + per- -an.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pərsuˈratan/ [pər.suˈrat̪̚.an]
- Rhymes: -atan
- Syllabification: per‧su‧rat‧an
Noun
persuratan (plural persuratan-persuratan)
- (archaic) library
- (archaic) literature
- Synonyms: kepustakaan, kesusastraan, literatur
- (archaic) bibliography
- Synonym: kepustakaan
- correspondence
- Synonyms: korespondensi, surat-menyurat
Synonyms
library
- bibliotek
- khizanatulkitab
- kutubkhanah
- perpustakaan
- persuratan
- rumah buku
- taman bacaan
- taman pustaka
Further reading
- “persuratan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Affixation of surat + per- -an.
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /pə(r)suˈratan/ [pə(r).suˈra(t̪̚).t̪an]
- (Standard Literary) IPA(key): /pərsuˈratan/ [pər.suˈra(t̪̚).t̪an]
- Hyphenation: per‧su‧ra‧tan
Noun
persuratan (Jawi spelling ڤرسورتن, uncountable)
- literature
- Synonyms: sastera, kesusasteraan
Further reading
- "persuratan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017