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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed alir + -an, inherited from Malay aliran.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ˈlɪr.an/
- Rhymes: -an, -n
- Hyphenation: a‧lir‧an
Noun
aliran (plural aliran-aliran, first-person possessive aliranku, second-person possessive aliranmu, third-person possessive alirannya)
- flow:
- movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- the movement of a real or figurative fluid.
- stream:
- a small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- Synonym: selokan
- a thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air)
- any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
- a particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- current: the generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
- draft, draught:
- a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- the draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- (martial arts) style: a particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something; a particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful (i.e. In the pencak silat martial arts community, such as cimande or serak styles)
- school, school of thought: the followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine.
- Synonyms: paham, haluan, ideologi, pendapat
- ideology: doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
- Synonyms: paham, haluan, ideologi, pendapat
- pipeline: a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
- (photography) flood, floodlight
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
aliran (Jawi spelling اليرن, plural aliran-aliran, informal 1st possessive aliranku, 2nd possessive aliranmu, 3rd possessive alirannya)
- flow (of liquids)
- An ideology
- (politics) political ideology
- (religion) religious sect
- trend
- (education) scholarly tradition
- conduit
- pipeline
- (education) educational course
- (education) one of several forms of public school education in Malaysia, such as Islamic schools and ethnic schools (such as for Malays, Chinese, and Indians)
Descendants
Further reading
Sundanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian aliran (“current”), with a semantic shift.
Noun
aliran
- power outage; blackout
Further reading
- Dudu Prawiraatmaja, Achlan Husen, Sukandi, Ice Sutara Kama Yudibrata (1986) Perkembangan Bahasa Sunda Sesudah Perang Dunia II (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan