tindakan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tindak + -an, inherited from Malay tindakan. Semantic loan from Dutch feit (literally fact) for law sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪn.da.kan/
  • Hyphenation: tin‧dak‧an
  • Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an

Noun

tindakan (plural tindakan-tindakan, first-person possessive tindakanku, second-person possessive tindakanmu, third-person possessive tindakannya)

  1. act, action, step, measure: something done.
    Synonyms: aksi, perbuatan
  2. (medicine) procedure
    Synonym: prosedur
    Pasien ini memerlukan tindakan pembedahan jantung.
    This patient required a cardiac surgical procedure.

Derived terms

  • tindakan dinas
  • tindakan sosial
  • tindakan subversif

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

tindak + -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tindakan/
  • Rhymes: -akan, -kan, -an

Noun

tindakan (Jawi spelling تيندقن, plural tindakan-tindakan, informal 1st possessive tindakanku, 2nd possessive tindakanmu, 3rd possessive tindakannya)

  1. action (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Synonyms

Further reading

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