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Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed *yayasa + -an, partial reduplication of *yasa (modern form jasa). From Javanese ꦪꦪꦱꦤ꧀ (yayasan, “foundation”), ꦪꦱ (yasa, “building”), from Old Javanese yaśa (“building”, literally “honour, glory, deed”), from Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas, “glory, honour, splendor”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ya‧ya‧san
Noun
yayasan (first-person possessive yayasanku, second-person possessive yayasanmu, third-person possessive yayasannya)
- foundation: that which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
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