persimpangan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed per- -an +‎ simpang, from Malay persimpangan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərsimˈpaŋan/ [pər.simˈpa.ŋan]
• Rhymes: -aŋan
• Syllabification: per‧sim‧pa‧ngan

Noun

persimpangan (plural persimpangan-persimpangan)

1. intersection; junction

Further reading

• “persimpangan”, 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

Etymology

From simpang +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /pərsimˈpaŋan/ [pər.simˈpa.ŋan]
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pə(r)simˈpaŋan/ [pə(r).simˈpa.ŋan]
• Hyphenation: per‧sim‧pa‧ngan
• Rhymes: -aŋan

Noun

persimpangan (Jawi spelling ڤرسيمڤڠن, plural persimpangan-persimpangan)

1. intersection; junction; interchange

   Synonyms: cabang, cagak

Descendants

• > Indonesian: persimpangan

Further reading

• "persimpangan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "persimpangan" at PRPM first version)