seksyen

• seksen
• sekshen

From English section, from Old French section, from Latin sectio (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”). Cognate to Tok Pisin seksen, Tagalog seksyon, and Indonesian seksi.

• Rhymes: -syen, -sen

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1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) section:
   1. A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
   2. A part of a document.
   3. (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.

• “seksyen” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.