pelayan
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay pelayan (“server; waiter”). Equivalent to peng- + layan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pəˈlajan/ [pəˈla.jan]
- Rhymes: -ajan
- Syllabification: pe‧la‧yan
Noun
pelayan (plural pelayan-pelayan)
Derived terms
- pelayan gereja
- pelayan hotel
- pelayan jamuan
- pelayan jemaat
- pelayan kafe
- pelayan koktail
- pelayan masyarakat
- pelayan pastoral
- pelayan publik
- pelayan restoran
- pelayan sakramen
- pelayan setia
- pelayan toko
- pelayan warung
Further reading
- “pelayan”, 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
Noun
pelayan (Jawi spelling ڤلاين, plural pelayan-pelayan)
Descendants
- > Indonesian: pelayan (inherited)
Further reading
- “pelayan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017