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Malay
Etymology
petik (“pick; pluck”) + -an
Noun
petikan (Jawi spelling ڤتيقن, plural petikan-petikan, informal 1st possessive petikanku, 2nd possessive petikanmu, 3rd possessive petikannya)
- a result of picking something (leaves, flowers, fruits, etc.)
- an act plucking (of stringed instrument)
- an act of picking or pulling the trigger (of an firearm or artillery)
- an act of lighting the cigarette
- excerpt; extract; passage (of a story, novel, article, etc.)
- snapshot
- Synonym: cuplikan ( Indonesian)
- quotation
- Synonyms: kutipan, nukilan
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