pelarian
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə.la.ˈri.an/
- Rhymes: -an
- Hyphenation: pê‧la‧ri‧an
Noun
pêlarian
- escape
- (uncountable) the act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- Synonym: larian
- place to escape
- (uncountable) the act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- fugitive
- (uncountable) runaway (the act of running away)
- Synonym: larian
- (uncommon) running place
- (obsolete) refugee
- Synonym: pengungsi
Usage notes
- The sense of "running place" is often replaced with tempat lari/tempat berlari.
Derived terms
Compound terms
- pelarian modal
Further reading
- “pelarian”, 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəlarian/
- Rhymes: -ian, -an
Etymology 1
Affixation of lari + peng- -an.
Noun
pelarian (Jawi spelling ڤلارين, plural pelarian-pelarian)
Etymology 2
Affixation of lari + per- -an.
Noun
pelarian (Jawi spelling ڤلارين, plural pelarian-pelarian)
- A refugee.
- Synonym: pengungsi
- pelarian Palestin ― a Palestinian refugee
- The act of running.
- The act of escaping.
Further reading
- “pelarian”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017