macan

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word macan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word macan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say macan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word macan you have here. The definition of the word macan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofmacan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧can

Noun

macan (first-person possessive macanku, second-person possessive macanmu, third-person possessive macannya)

  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
    Synonym: harimau

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

macan

  1. (Indonesia) romanization of ꦩꦕꦤ꧀

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

macan (Jawi spelling ماچن, plural macan-macan, informal 1st possessive macanku, 2nd possessive macanmu, 3rd possessive macannya)

  1. tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Javanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

macan

  1. tiger
    Synonyms: bowoṅ, harimoṅ, hariwyāghra, macan, moṅ, mṛgādhipa, mṛganātha, mṛgapati, mṛgaprabhu, mṛgarāja, mṛgendra, puhun, samoṅ, śārdūla, śārdūlākṛti, wasari, wasarya, wyāghra

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦩꦕꦤ꧀ (macan) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "macan" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

mac (“son”) +‎ -an

Noun

macan m (genitive singular macain, plural macain)

  1. Diminutive of mac
  2. sonny, laddie, little boy

Synonyms

Antonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
macan mhacan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From maca +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎt͡san/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧can

Noun

màcan m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀цан)

  1. (hypocoristic) tomcat

Declension

Declension of macan
singular plural
nominative macan macani
genitive macana macana
dative macanu macanima
accusative macana macane
vocative macane macani
locative macanu macanima
instrumental macanom macanima

Spanish

Verb

macan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of macar
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia