instan

Indonesian

Etymology

From English instant, from Middle English instant (“infinitely short period of time”), from Old French instant (“assiduous, at hand”, adjective), from Latin instans, instant- (“present, pressing, urgent”, literally “standing near”), from in + stāre (“to stand”). Doublet of instansi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪn.stan]
• Hyphenation: in‧stan

Adjective

instan

1. instant, very quickly and easily prepared

   Synonyms: dadak, segera

2. instantaneous

Further reading

• “instan”, 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

Spanish

Verb

instan

1. third-person plural present indicative of instar