jantan

From Old Javanese jantĕn.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒan.tan/

jantan

1. (of animals) male

• betina

• laki-laki or lelaki

Inherited from Malay jantan, from Old Javanese jantĕn.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒantan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -antan
• Syllabification: jan‧tan

jantan (comparative lebih jantan, superlative paling jantan)

1. male (belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes (of animals and plants))
2. manly
3. (usually derogatory) male (of human)

• laki-laki (of humans)
• pria (of humans)

• betina (of animals and plants)
• perempuan (of humans)

• “jantan”, 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

From Old Javanese jantĕn.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒantan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -antan, -tan, -an
• Hyphenation: jan‧tan

jantan (Jawi spelling جنتن)

1. male

   Antonym: betina

   1. (of animals and plants) Belonging or referring to the sex having the smaller gametes.

      Synonym: lelaki (of humans)

      Antonym: perempuan (of humans)

   2. (of instruments, tools, or connectors) Designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
2. (figurative) Synonym of berani.
3. (figurative) manly, masculine

   Synonym: kelelakian

4. (colloquial, Malaysia) fuck boy; sleaze; tomcat

• > Indonesian: jantan (inherited)

• “jantan”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017