khitan

See also: Khitan

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Adjective

khitan (feminine khitane, masculine plural khitans, feminine plural khitanes)

1. Khitan

Proper noun

khitan m

1. Khitan (language)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khitan, from Arabic خِتَان (ḵitān, “circumcision”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈxitan/ [ˈxi.t̪an]
• Rhymes: -itan
• Syllabification: khi‧tan

Verb

khitan (active mengkhitan, passive dikhitan)

1. (Islam) to circumcise (to remove the foreskin from the penis)

   Synonym: sunat

Alternative forms

• katan
• khatan (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “khitan”, 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