paman

Indonesian

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

paman (first-person possessive pamanku, second-person possessive pamanmu, third-person possessive pamannya)

  1. uncle

Synonyms
  • (uncle): mamang, om
  • (mother's brother): mamak
  • (mother's older brother): encang, pakde
  • (father's older brother): encang, pakde, uak
  • (mother's younger brother): encing, pakcik, paklik
  • (father's younger brother): encing, pakcik, paklik

Malay

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paR-amax-en (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *amax (“father”). Doublet of rama.

Pronunciation

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (colloquial) uncle
  2. (colloquial) a form of address to persons that older than oneself

Synonyms
  • bapa saudara
  • pak cik
  • mamak

Further reading
  • “paman” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.
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