padan

Finnish

Noun

padan

1. genitive singular of pata

Anagrams

• panda

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpadan/ [ˈpa.dan]
• Rhymes: -adan
• Syllabification: pa‧dan

Etymology 1

Affixed pada (“adequate, enough, sufficient, satisfactory”) +‎ -an, inherited from Malay ڤادن (padan).

Noun

padan (plural padan-padan)

1. match
2. equal

   Synonyms: banding, imbangan

Adjective

padan (comparative lebih padan, superlative paling padan)

1. equivalent
2. right, suitable, well-suited, fit, fitting
3. matching, corresponding, harmonious

Derived terms

• berpadanan
• bersepadan
• dipadankan
• disepadankan
• kesepadanan
• memadan
• memadan-madan
• memadankan
• mempadankan
• menyepadan
• menyepadankan
• padanan
• pemadan
• pemadanan
• sepadan

• padan kata

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay ڤادن (padan).

Noun

padan (plural padan-padan)

1. frontier

   Synonyms: perbatasan, sempadan

2. boundary lines that or places for throwing stones in throwing games

Derived terms

• berpadan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Noun

padan (plural padan-padan)

1. (dialect, Minangkabau) promise

   Synonym: janji

Etymology 4

Unknown, probably borrowed from Betawi [Term?]

Adjective

padan (comparative lebih padan, superlative paling padan)

1. (dialect, Jakarta) cheat

   Synonym: curang

Further reading

• “padan”, 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