macan

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmat͡ʃan]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧can

macan (first-person possessive macanku, second-person possessive macanmu, third-person possessive macannya)

1. (chiefly Java) tiger (Panthera tigris)

   Synonym: harimau

2. panther (big cat of the genus Panthera)

• “macan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

macan

1. (Indonesian) romanization of ꦩꦕꦤ꧀

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃan, -t͡ʃan, -an

macan (Jawi spelling ماچن, plural macan-macan, informal 1st possessive macanku, 2nd possessive macanmu, 3rd possessive macannya)

1. tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

• harimau / هاريماو

• macan congkok / ماچن چوڠکوق
• macan gadungan / ماچن ݢادوڠن
• macan loreng / ماچن لوريڠ
• macan tutul / ماچن توتول

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃan/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃan
• Hyphenation: ma‧can

macan

1. tiger

   Synonyms: bowoṅ, harimoṅ, hariwyāghra, macan, moṅ, mṛgādhipa, mṛganātha, mṛgapati, mṛgaprabhu, mṛgarāja, mṛgendra, puhun, samoṅ, śārdūla, śārdūlākṛti, wasari, wasarya, wyāghra

• > Javanese: ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan) (inherited)

• "macan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

mac (“son”) +‎ -an

macan m (genitive singular macain, plural macain)

1. diminutive of mac
2. sonny, laddie, little boy

• balachan

• nìghneag (“little girl, daughterling”)

From maca +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /mǎt͡san/
• Hyphenation: ma‧can

màcan m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀цан)

1. (hypocoristic) tomcat

macan

1. third-person plural present indicative of macar